Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 21:5
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Berean Standard Bible
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
King James Version
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
World English Bible
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
American Standard Version
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 21
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
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