Matthew Henry · Verse 5
The really diligent employ foresight as well as labour.
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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WEBBE
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
BSB
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
KJV
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
ASV
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.
BBE
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.
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