Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
In context
2 A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. 6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. 7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. 8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 21:5 in the KJV
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But of every one that is hasty only to want.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 21:5 in the ESV
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.