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Proverbs 21:5

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

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A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The soul of the sluggard craves, and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

It is not good for a man to be without knowledge, and he who makes haste with his feet misses his way.

An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.

A miserly man hastens after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.