Proverbs 21:5-8 RA Plans Of The Diligent

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death. 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just. 8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright. The Plans Of The Diligent We all have plans, objectives and goals That flow from a core down deep in our soul It feeds our dreams and fosters our visions It shapes our schemes and contrives our decisions For whom and for what dose one diligently seek? Some change their plans when the way turns bleak For many there’s a shaky foundation in place For others the bedrock of Gods glorious grace Still, many seem diligent but wrongly I’d say Their lying and cheating will sweep them away Like a fleeting vapor or a fading breath Their perseverance like a snare will lead them to death But the diligent for righteousness, virtue and truth Who stand for the poor, broken down, destitute Never ease from the goal or turn back from the light But gaze ever forward on our Lord Jesus Christ We press on for the prize of what lies ahead In joy we strain forward to the rising of the dead This upward call resolute we pursue Because He who began a good work will see us through