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Proverbs 21:5

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

Context

2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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