23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. …
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23)See here, 1. How a small estate may be improved by industry, so that a man, by making the best of every thing, may live comfortably upon it: Much food is in the tillage of the poor , the poor farmers, that have but a little, but take pains with that little and husband it well. Many make it an excuse for their idleness that they h f6d ave but a little to work on, a very little to be doing with; but…
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