Proverbs 21:5 and the Importance of Diligence and Persistence

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:24

“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.” Samuel Johnson

“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Decide on a goal and stick to it. Purpose isn't enough.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23

Planning is good. Doing is better.

Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Romans 2:6-10
6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

From Jay Carper at http://www.AmericanTorah.com