Proverbs 21:5
Strong's Lexicon
The plans
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4284: 1) thought, device 1a) thought 1b) device, plan, purpose 1c) invention

of the diligent
חָ֭רוּץ (ḥā·rūṣ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2742: adj 1) sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent n m 2) strict decision, decision 3) trench, moat, ditch 4) gold (poetical)

bring plenty,
לְמוֹתָ֑ר (lə·mō·w·ṯār)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4195: 1) pre-eminence, abundance, profit, superiority 1a) abundance, plenty 1b) pre-eminence, superiority

as surely
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

as haste [leads]
אָ֝֗ץ (’āṣ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 213: 1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to press, hasten 1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow 1a3) to hasten, make haste 1a4) be narrow 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to urge, insist 1b2) to hasten

to poverty.
לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4270: 1) need, poverty, thing needed 1a) need, thing needed 1b) lack, want 1c) need, poverty

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

New American Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent [lead] surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty [comes] surely to poverty.

King James Bible
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

New Living Translation
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

English Standard Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

New American Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.

King James Bible
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

International Standard Version
Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

NET Bible
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

English Revised Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.

Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
















Cross References
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 19:2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Proverbs 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 21:4
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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