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The thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתof the diligentחָרוּץlead onlyאַךְto profit,לְמוֹתָרbutוְeveryoneכָלwho hurriesאָץonlyאַךְto want.לְמַחְסוֹר
Proverbs 21:5
Study it in the app“The thoughts of the diligent lead only to profit, but everyone who hurries only to want.”
The plans of the diligent lead to profit; haste leads to wantWork and Rest
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 21:5, word by word
- The thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתmachshvot
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvot” appears- of the diligentחָרוּץcharuts
diligent
Someone who works with effort and does not tire.
Where else “charuts” appears- to profitמוֹתָרmotar
gain, profit
Gain, profit; what is left after the work.
Where else “motar” appears- who hurriesאָץats
hurry
To do something too fast.
Where else “ats” appears- to wantמַחְסוֹרmachsor
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsor” appears
The context
4Haughty eyes and a broad heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
5 · This verse (above)
6Getting treasures with a tongue of falsehood is a vapor driven away; they are seekers of death.