Verse 5

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
• Prov 14:29 : 29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
• Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: 24 for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations. 25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field. 27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
• Prov 28:22 : 22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
• Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
• 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
• Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.