THEOSISProverbs 21:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ־לְמוֹתָ֑ר וְכָל־אָ֝֗ץ אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 10:4The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.
- Prov 13:4The sluggard willeth, and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.
- 1 Thess 4:11And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's.
- 1 Thess 4:12And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
- Eph 4:28He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.
- Prov 14:29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.
- Prov 27:23Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
- Prov 27:27Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.