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Proverbs 21:5

Christian Standard Bible

5 The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.

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American Standard Version

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

English Standard Version

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

The plans of the diligent certainly lead to advantage, But everyone who is in a hurry certainly comes to poverty.

New International Version

The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

New King James Version

The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

New Living Translation

Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

World English Bible

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.