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Friday, October 11th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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New Living Translation

Proverbs 21:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Industry;   Prudence;   Rashness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mind, Carnal-Spiritual;   Prudence-Rashness;   Rashness;   Thoughts;   Wise;   The Topic Concordance - Diligence;   Haste;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Wealth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Servants;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Haste;   Poor;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
The thoughts of the diligent lead surely to profit,But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.
Darby Translation
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
New King James Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
Literal Translation
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty, but those of every hasty one only to poverty.
Easy-to-Read Version
Careful planning leads to profit. Acting too quickly leads to poverty.
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
King James Version (1611)
The thoughts of the diligent tend onely to plenteousnes: but of euery one that is hastie, onely to want.
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The deuyses of one that is diligent, brynge plenteousnes: but he yt is vnaduysed, commeth vnto pouerte.
THE MESSAGE
Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
Amplified Bible
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage, But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
New English Translation
The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Contemporary English Version
If you plan and work hard, you will have plenty; if you get in a hurry, you will end up poor.
Complete Jewish Bible
The plans of the diligent lead only to abundance; but all who rush in arrive only at want.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The thoughtes of the diligent doe surely bring abundance: but whosoeuer is hastie, commeth surely to pouertie.
George Lamsa Translation
The thoughts of the elect tend surely to plenteousness; but those of evil men cause want.
Hebrew Names Version
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; And everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
New Life Bible
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.
English Revised Version
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness: but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
New Revised Standard
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
Lexham English Bible
The plans of the diligent only lead to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
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 certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.
New Century Version
The plans of hard-working people earn a profit, but those who act too quickly become poor.
Good News Translation
Plan carefully and you will have plenty; if you act too quickly, you will never have enough.
Christian Standard Bible®
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The thouytis of a stronge man ben euere in abundaunce; but ech slow man is euere in nedynesse.
Revised Standard Version
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
Young's Literal Translation
The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Contextual Overview

5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

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

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. "How could I become a father at the age of 100?" he thought. "And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?"
Romans 4:19
And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead—and so was 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.


 
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