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

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

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Verse 5

Original words

The plans מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת H4284 Noun - feminine plural construct of the diligent חָ֭רוּץ H2742 Adjective - masculine singular - אַךְ־ H389 Adverb bring plenty לְמוֹתָ֑ר H4195 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular as surely אַךְ־ H389 Adverb וְכָל־ וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct as haste [leads] אָ֝֗ץ H213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular to poverty לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ H4270 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

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