⁵ The plans of ^(A)the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is ^(B)hasty comes ^(C)only to poverty.

⁴ A slack hand ^(A)causes poverty,
    ^(B)but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

^4 (A)The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
    while the soul of the diligent ^(B)is richly supplied.

²⁹ Whoever is ^(A)slow to anger has great understanding,
    but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

²² A ^(A)stingy man^{[a] (B)}hastens after wealth
    and does not know that ^(C)poverty will come upon him.

^21 (A)An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.