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Pro 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thoughts		Pro 10:4; Pro 13:4; Pro 27:23-27; Eph 4:28; 1Th 4:11,12
of every		Pro 14:29; Pro 20:21; Pro 28:22

Correlating Passages

thoughts

	Pro 10:4	He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
	Pro 13:4	The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
	Pro 27:23	Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
	Pro 27:24	For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
	Pro 27:25	The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
	Pro 27:26	The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
	Pro 27:27	And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
	Eph 4:28	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.
	1Th 4:11	And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
	1Th 4:12	That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

of every

	Pro 14:29	[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
	Pro 20:21	An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
	Pro 28:22	He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 21:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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