Focused Passage

Proverbs 21:5

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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Verse 5

Original words

The plansמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתH4284Noun - feminine plural constructof the diligentחָ֭רוּץH2742Adjective - masculine singular-אַךְ־H389Adverbbring plentyלְמוֹתָ֑רH4195Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singularas surelyאַךְ־H389Adverbוְכָל־וְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructas haste [leads]אָ֝֗ץH213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularto povertyלְמַחְסֽוֹר׃H4270Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

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