Proverbs 21:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. ”

• Proverbs 21:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of (c) every one [that is] hasty only to want. (c) He who goes rashly about his business and without counsel.

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Prove...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  thoughts . reckonings, or calculatings. the diligent . a diligent one.

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. The thoughts of the diligent (and the steady-persevering) (tend) only to plenteousness; b...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The thoughts of every one that is hasty tend only to want. — This proverb is met with on all sides: “More haste, worse speed”; “Festina lente”; “Eile mit Weile.”

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the prov...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man t...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plow...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness ,.... A man that is thoughtful and studious, and wisely forms schemes in his mind, and diligently pursues them; the issue of it is, generall...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want. Ver. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only, &c. ] The word rendered "diligent" sig...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The thoughts of the diligent Who carefully and industriously prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved; tend only to plenteousness To affluence and wealth; but every one that is hast...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.       Here is, 1. The way to be rich. If we would live plentifully and comfortab...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The diligent, who carefully and industriously prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved. That is hasty; who manageth his affairs rashly, without due consideration. Only to want; is...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:5 . Thoughts , rather the counsels , the calculatings . Proverbs 21:6 . Vanity tossed to and fro . Rather a fleeting breath . The Hebrew word hebel , here tran...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn fi...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness. Diligence Diligence, while it is opposed to laziness, is opposed also to rashness--to premature and inconsiderate haste. The diligent ma...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; because they are industrious and thrifty, they have success; but of every one that is hasty, only to want; for haste, that is, rashn...

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ; Ephesians 4:28 ; Proverbs 10:4 ; Proverbs 13:4 ; Proverbs 14:29 ; Proverbs 20:21 ; Proverbs 27:23-27 ; Proverbs 28:22

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• Proverbs 21:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Hasty — Who manages his affairs rashly.

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