Proverbs 21:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
חֲרוּץ
chărûwts
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp tee...
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
מוֹתָר
môwthâr
literally gain; figuratively, superiority
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אוּץ
ʼûwts
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Key Terms in This Verse
רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →חֲרוּץ chărûwts
properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp teeth); (figuratively) determination; also eager
Study H2742 →מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →Cross References
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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