Proverbs 21:5 Cross References - NHEB

⁵ The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

⁴ He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

²¹ An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

²³ Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: ²⁴ for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations. ²⁵ The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. ²⁶ The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field. ²⁷ There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

²² A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

²⁸ Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

¹¹ and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; ¹² that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.