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

Bible Comments

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.”

Proverbs 21:5

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