Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 21:5
Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.
Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
THOUGHTS. reckonings, or calculatings. THE DILIGENT. a diligent one....
_but of every one_ i.e. but _the thoughts_(supplied from the first clause) of every one. It is more literal, however, and at the same time avoids attributing "thoughts" to him whose fault is want of t...
CHAPTER 21 TEXT Proverbs 21:1-10 1. The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the water courses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. 2. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jeho...
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 STEADY-PERSEVERING) (TEND) ONLY TO PLENTEOUSNESS; BUT OF...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
One who is in a hurry to be rich hastens to want....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
A businessman must think hard when he makes his plans. Then his business will succeed. He must think carefully, before he makes each decision. This is true about all our plans. We should not make pla...
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”; “Eile mit Weile.”...
מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ות חָ֭רוּץ אַךְ ־לְ מֹותָ֑ר וְ כָל
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 translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
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, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
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 business and without counsel....
_Sluggard. Hebrew, "hasty man," as the slothful is ironically styled. He would see his desires accomplished without labouring; and will never stick to work. This levity is most injurious to his advanc...
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 sacrifice. An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE THOUGHTS OF THE DILIGENT [TEND] ONLY TO PLENTEOUSNESS,.... A man that is thoughtful and studious, and wisely forms schemes in his mind, and diligently pursues them; the issue of it is, generally s...
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 tend only, &c._] The word rendered "diligent" signifies...
_The thoughts of the diligent_ Who carefully and industriously prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved; _tend only to plenteousness_ To affluence and wealth; _but every one that is hasty...
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 IS HASTY, ONLY TO WANT; for haste, that is, rashness,...
THE DILIGENT, who carefully and industriously prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved. THAT IS HASTY; who manageth his affairs rashly, without due consideration. ONLY TO WANT; is likely...
Proverbs 21:5 plans H4284 diligent H2742 plenty H4195 hasty H213 (H8801) poverty H4270 thoughts -...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
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 to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
_The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness._ DILIGENCE Diligence, while it is opposed to laziness, is opposed also to rashness--to premature and inconsiderate haste. The diligent man fi...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 21:5. THOUGHTS, rather the _counsels_, the _calculatings_. PROVERBS 21:6. VANITY TOSSED TO AND FRO. Rather _a fleeting breath_. The Hebrew word _hebel_, here translated van...
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 for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; Ephesians 4:28; Proverbs 10:4;...
Hasty — Who manages his affairs rashly....