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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The thoughts
machashabah (Hebrew #4284)
from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Pronounce: makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin: or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
of the diligent
charuwts (Hebrew #2742)
passive participle of 2782; 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
KJV usage: decision, diligent, (fine) gold, pointed things, sharp, threshing instrument, wall.
Pronounce: khaw-roots'
Origin: or charuts {khaw-roots'}
tend only to plenteousness
mowthar (Hebrew #4195)
literally, gain; figuratively, superiority
KJV usage: plenteousness, preeminence, profit.
Pronounce: mo-thar'
Origin: from 3498
; but of every one that is hasty
'uwts (Hebrew #213)
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Pronounce: oots
Origin: a primitive root
only to want
machcowr (Hebrew #4270)
from 2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Pronounce: makh-sore'
Origin: or machcor {makh-sore'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 10:4• 4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Prov. 10:4)
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Prov. 13:4• 4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (Prov. 13:4)
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Prov. 27:23‑27• 23Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
 24for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown endure from generation to generation?
 25The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
 26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
 27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. (Prov. 27:23‑27)
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Eph. 4:28• 28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need. (Eph. 4:28)
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1 Thess. 4:11‑12• 11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
 12that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)
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Prov. 14:29• 29He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Prov. 14:29)
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Prov. 20:21• 21An inheritance obtained hastily at the beginning will not be blessed in the end. (Prov. 20:21)
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Prov. 28:22• 22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him. (Prov. 28:22)
• Riches accumulated by means of honest, wholesome toil give pleasure and a measure of satisfaction to their possessor. But the hasty gathering of wealth by lying and deceit, often coupled with downright robbery, will bring sorrow and shame in their wake. (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.