the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Proverbs 21:5
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Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.
The plans of hard-working people earn a profit, but those who act too quickly become poor.
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
The thouytis of a stronge man ben euere in abundaunce; but ech slow man is euere in nedynesse.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
If you plan and work hard, you will have plenty; if you get in a hurry, you will end up poor.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance; but all who rush in arrive only at want.
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
Careful planning leads to profit. Acting too quickly leads to poverty.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
The thoughts of the diligent tend onely to plenteousnes: but of euery one that is hastie, onely to want.
The plans of those who do their best lead only to having all they need, but all who are in a hurry come only to want.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.
The thoughts of the elect tend surely to plenteousness; but those of evil men cause want.
Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.
The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty, but those of every hasty one only to poverty.
The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
The deuyses of one that is diligent, brynge plenteousnes: but he yt is vnaduysed, commeth vnto pouerte.
Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
The thoughts of the diligent lead surely to profit,But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thoughts: Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 27:23-27, Ephesians 4:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:12
of every: Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 28:22
Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:2 - and Proverbs 29:20 - words
Cross-References
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
Without becoming weak in faith he considered his own body, now as good as dead [for producing children] since he was about a hundred years old, and [he considered] the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness,.... A man that is thoughtful and studious, and wisely forms schemes in his mind, and diligently pursues them; the issue of it is, generally speaking, prosperity and plenty: such a man is usually thriving and flourishing; and this holds good in things spiritual, as well as in things temporal, Matthew 25:29;
but of everyone [that is] hasty only to want; that is in haste to be rich, and is resolved to be so, right or wrong, he comes at last to poverty and want: or he who is rash and precipitate in acting, who never thinks before he acts, but rashly engages in an affair; or, however, does not give himself time enough to think it over, but, as soon as ever it has entered his thoughts, he immediately attempts to put it in execution; a man so thoughtless and inconsiderate, so rash and hasty, brings himself and family to poverty; see Proverbs 20:21.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.