Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the ice of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
- Prov 28:22 : 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
- Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Similar Verses (AI)
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22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Prov 28:19-202 verses76%
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is ecious.
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21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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23 In all labour there is ofit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
- Prov 13:10-123 verses74%
10 Only by ide cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
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19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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27 He that diligently seeketh good ocureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
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4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
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21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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16 He that opesseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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18 By much slothfulness the building dayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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25 He that is of a oud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
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15 The simple believeth every word: but the udent man looketh well to his going.