A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 21:5 - English Standard Version 2016 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But of every one that is hasty only to want. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want. American Standard Version (1901) The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. Common English Bible The plans of the diligent end up in profit, but those who hurry end up with loss. Catholic Public Domain Version The intentions of the robust continually bring forth abundance. But all the lazy are continually in need. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want. |
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.
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty 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 own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.