Proverbs 21:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

Proverbs 13:4

The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Ephesians 4:28

He that stole, let him now steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 28:22

A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 20:21

The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

Proverbs 19:2

Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

Proverbs 29:20

Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment.