4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4)We are here told, 1. Who those are who, though rich, are in a fair way to become poor —those who deal with a slack hand , who are careless and remiss in their business, and never mind which end goes foremost, nor ever set their hands vigorously to their work or stick to it; those who deal with a deceitful hand (so it may be read); those who think to enrich themselves by fraud and tricking will, in…
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