Proverbs 21:5

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

Related Commentaries of 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.
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 busin...
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 cou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thoughts . reckonings, or calculatings. the diligent . a diligent one.
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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

One who is in a hurry to be rich hastens to want.
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”; “Ei...
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 t...
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, the...
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 sacrif...
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 dil...
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 ten...
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...
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 b...
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 rash...
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 fl...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hasty — Who manages his affairs rashly.

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 21:5