Proverbs 21:5
“The thoughts of the diligent tend onely to plenteousnes: but of euery one that is hastie, onely to want.”
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Proverbs 21:5 Context
3To doe iustice and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lord, then sacrifice. 4An high looke, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sinne. 5The thoughts of the diligent tend onely to plenteousnes: but of euery one that is hastie, onely to want. 6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue, is a vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death. 7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to doe iudgement.
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The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
- King James Version
The plans of the diligent {lead} surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty {comes} surely to poverty.
- New American Standard Version (1995)