John Trapp on Proverbs 21:5

Verſ. 5. The thoughts of the diligent tend onely, &c.] The word rendred diligent, ſignifies one that is ſedulous and ſollicitous in his buſineſs, that weighs circumſtances, and waits opportunities, that ſits down firſt,Qui res omnes ſuas ordina facit loco & tempore, &c. Cujus limitatae & velut judicio deciſae actiones omnes. Mercer. and counts his coſts. Luke 12.28. that conſiders ſeriouſly, and then executes ſpeedily: Such an one was Abrahams ſervant, Gen. 24. Joſeph, Boaz, Daniel. And how ſhould ſuch a man chuſe but thrive? See the Note on Chapter 10.4. A ſufficiency hee is ſure of, though not of a ſuperfluity.

But of every one that is haſty] And head-long; that reſolving to bee rich, graſpeth greedily all hee can come at, accounting all good fiſh that comes to hand, and not ſticking at any injuſtice or cruelty that may make for his advantage. The beggar will catch this man ere long, the uſurer will get him into his clutches, and leave him never a feather to flye with. There is a curſe upon ſuch precipitate practices, though men bee never ſo induſtrious, as in Jehoiachim, Jer. 22. and Saul, 1 Sam. 14. Thoſe that making more haſte than good ſpeed to bee rich, reach at things too high for them (which David would not do, Pſal. 131.1.) may bee likened to the Panther, which loves the dung of man ſo much, as if it bee hanged a height from it, it will skip and leap up, and never leave, till it have burſt it ſelf in peeces to get it.