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Proverbs 21:5

“The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 21

3

To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4

An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.

5

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

6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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