Proverbs 21:5 (BSB)

The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

From Proverbs 21. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 21:5

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 21:5: Here is, 1. The way to be rich. If we would live plentifully and comfortably in the world, we must be diligent in our business, and not shrink from the toil and trouble of it, but prosecute it closely, improving all advantages and opportunities for it, and doing what we do with all our might; yet we must not be hasty in it, nor hurry...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 21:5: 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 speaking, prosperity and plenty: such a man is usually thriving and flourishing; and this holds good in things spiritual, as well as in things temporal, Mat 25:29; but of everyone that is...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 21:5: The contrast is between steady industry and rashness (compare Pro 19:2).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 21:5: The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want. (c) He who goes rashly about his business and without counsel.