Proverbs 21:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:4 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
  • Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
  • Prov 14:29 : 29 Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. 25 When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, 26 the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. 27 And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. 12 In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
  • Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 13:4
    76%

    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    76%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 12:27
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    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 13:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

    12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Prov 15:19
    72%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.

  • Prov 11:23-24
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Prov 19:15
    72%

    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

  • Prov 11:27
    71%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 1:19
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    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20You have seen someone who is hasty in his words– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 10:16
    69%

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Ps 39:6
    69%

    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

  • Prov 10:19
    69%

    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:10
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    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Eccl 10:18
    69%

    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Prov 28:25
    69%

    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Prov 14:15
    69%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.