The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 21:5 in context
Proverbs 21:2–8
2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3
To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
A high look and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5
Selected verse
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6
Getting treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7
The violence of the wicked will drive them away,
because 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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