
Text -- Proverbs 21:26 (NET)




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Spends his whole time in vain and lazy desires.

Wesley: Pro 21:26 - -- By God's blessing upon his industry he procures enough, not only for his own support, but for the relief of others.
By God's blessing upon his industry he procures enough, not only for his own support, but for the relief of others.
JFB -> Pro 21:26
JFB: Pro 21:26 - -- The sin of covetousness marks the sluggard, as the virtue of benevolence the righteous.
The sin of covetousness marks the sluggard, as the virtue of benevolence the righteous.
TSK -> Pro 21:26
TSK: Pro 21:26 - -- coveteth : Act 20:33-35; 1Th 2:5-9
the righteous : Psa 37:26, Psa 112:9; Luk 6:30-36; Act 20:35; 2Co 8:7-9, 2Co 9:9-14
coveteth : Act 20:33-35; 1Th 2:5-9
the righteous : Psa 37:26, Psa 112:9; Luk 6:30-36; Act 20:35; 2Co 8:7-9, 2Co 9:9-14

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Barnes -> Pro 21:26
Barnes: Pro 21:26 - -- All the day long - Better, every day. The wish of the slothful man passes into restless, covetous, dissatisfied desire; the righteous, free fro...
All the day long - Better, every day. The wish of the slothful man passes into restless, covetous, dissatisfied desire; the righteous, free from that desire, gives without grudging.
Poole -> Pro 21:26
Poole: Pro 21:26 - -- He coveteth the slothful man, mentioned in the last verse. But because the verses in this book are for the most part independent one upon another, th...
He coveteth the slothful man, mentioned in the last verse. But because the verses in this book are for the most part independent one upon another, this clause is and may be otherwise rendered, There is that coveteth , &c.; or, the wicked (which may be understood from the opposition of the righteous in the next clause) coveteth , &c.
All the day long spends his whole time in vain and lazy desires, but will not labour to get any thing, either to use himself, or to give to others.
The righteous giveth and spareth not by God’ s blessing upon his industry he procures enough, not only for his own support, but also for the liberal relief of others.
Gill -> Pro 21:26
Gill: Pro 21:26 - -- He coveteth greedily all the day long,.... The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts with; he is always cravi...
He coveteth greedily all the day long,.... The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts with; he is always craving something to eat and drink, or wishing he had such an estate, or so much wealth and riches, that he might live as such and such persons do; and this is what his head runs upon all the day long;
but the righteous giveth and spareth not; not gives to the slothful, which does not restrain his desire, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but to the poor and necessitous, to proper objects; a good man will work with his hands, that he may have a sufficiency for himself and his family, and may have something to give to others that are in want; and "he spares not", or withholds not his hands, neither from working nor from giving.

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MHCC -> Pro 21:25-26
MHCC: Pro 21:25-26 - --Here is the misery of the slothful; their hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood; yet their hearts ...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 21:25-26
Matthew Henry: Pro 21:25-26 - -- Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. Th...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 21:26
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 21:26 - --
26 One always desireth eagerly;
But the righteous giveth and holdeth not back.
Otherwise Fleischer: per totum diem avet avidus , i.e. , avarus...
Constable -> Pro 10:1--22:17; Pro 19:1--22:17
Constable: Pro 10:1--22:17 - --II. COUPLETS EXPRESSING WISDOM 10:1--22:16
Chapters 1-9, as we have seen, contain discourses that Solomon eviden...
