Verse 5

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

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.