The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.

At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!”

The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day.

Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”