Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 21:5

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 21:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Proverbs 21:5

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want." — Proverbs 21:5 (ASV)

Here diligence is opposed, not to sloth but to haste. Undue hurry is as fatal to success as undue procrastination.