Proverbs 21:5
WEB
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
BSB
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
KJV
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H4284
n-f — contrivance, texture, machine, intention, plan
Derivation: or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from 2803;
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
n.f — thought
מַחֲשָׁבָה n.f. thought, device
1. thought
2. device, plan, purpose
3. invention
H2742
a — incised, incisive, trench, gold, threshing-sledge, determination, eager
Derivation: or חָרֻץ; passive participle of 2782;
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
KJV: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
adj — sharp
חָרוּץ adj. sharp, diligent
n.m — gold
חָרוּץ n.m. gold, poet.
H389
adv — affirmation, surely, only
Derivation: akin to 403;
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
adv — surely
אַךְ 159 adv. 1. surely. 2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows
H4195
n-m — gain, superiority
Derivation: from 3498;
literally gain; figuratively, superiority
KJV: plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
n.m — abundance
מוֹתָר n.m. abundance, pre-eminence
H3605
n-m — whole, all, any, every
Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
n.m — the whole
כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all
1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
2. Absolutely:
a. without the art., all things, all
b. with the art. הַכֹּל
(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
H213
v — press, be close, hurry, withdraw
Derivation: a primitive root;
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
vb — press
[אוּץ] vb. press, be pressed, make haste
Qal
1. press, hasten
2. (intr.) be pressed, confined, narrow
3. hasten, make haste
Hiph. hasten
H4270
n-m — deficiency, impoverishment
Derivation: or מַחְסֹר; from 2637;
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
n.[m.] — need
מַחְסוֹר, מַחְסֹר n.[m.] need, thing needed, poverty
1. need = thing needed
2. lack, want
3. in gen., need, poverty
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Verse 5
Proverbs 21:5
Here is, 1. The way to be rich. If we would live plentifully and comfortably in the world, we must be diligent in our business, and not shrink from the toil and trouble of it, but prosecute it closely, improving all advantages and opportunities for it, and doing what we do with all our might; yet we must not be hasty in it, nor hurry ourselves and others with it, but keep doing fair and softly, which, we say, goes far in a day. With diligence there must be contrivance. The thoughts of the diligent are as necessary as the hand of the diligent. Forecast is as good as work. Seest thou a man thus prudent and diligent? He will have enough to live on. 2. The way to be poor. Those that are hasty, that are rash and inconsiderate in their affairs, and will not take time to think, that are greedy of gain, by right or wrong, and make haste to be rich by unjust practices or unwise projects, are in the ready road to poverty. Their thoughts and contrivances, by which they hope to raise themselves, will ruin them.