30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: …
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. …
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-34)Here is, 1. The view which Solomon took of the field and vineyard of the slothful man. He did not go on purpose to see it, but, as he passed by, observing the fruitfulness of the ground, as it is very proper for travellers to do, and his subjects’ management of their land, as it is very proper for magistrates to do, he cast his eye upon a field and a vineyard unlike all the rest; for, though the s…
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