25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
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The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see Prov. 26:16. Soul, take thy ease . But really they…
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