Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 21:5
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
In context
3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
4A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
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日本語 · 箴言 21:5 · 口語訳聖書勤勉な人の計画は、ついにその人を豊かにする、すべて怠るものは貧しくなる。 勤勉な人の計画は、ついにその人を豊かにする、すべて怠るものは貧しくなる。한국어 · 잠언 21:5 · 개역한글부지런한 자의 경영은 풍부함에 이를 것이나 조급한 자는 궁핍함에 이를 따름이니라Español · Proverbios 21:5 · Reina-Valera (1909)Los pensamientos del solícito ciertamente van á abundancia; mas todo presuroso, indefectiblemente á pobreza.Português · Provérbios 21:5 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Os planos de quem trabalha com empenho somente levam à abundância; mas os de todo apressado somente à pobreza.
