Proverbs 13:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. ”

Proverbs 13:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is much food, but there are those, who, though rich, perish through their disre...
Proverbs 13:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Much food [is in] the fallow ground of the (l) poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for lack of judgment. (l) God blesses the labour of the poor, and consumes their goods who are negligent, becaus...
Proverbs 13:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not ( Proverbs 13:12 and Proverb...
Proverbs 13:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in the tillage of, &c.: i.e. with Jehovah's blessing.
Proverbs 13:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. That is destroyed for want of judgment - O, how much of the poverty of the poor arises from their own...
Proverbs 13:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Much food is in the tillage of the poor— Much food is to the tillage of the poor; but the very substance is quite spent by want of judgment. Schultens. The LXX read, The just shall dwell in rich...
Proverbs 13:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Much food (is in) the tillage of the poor - `in the newly tilled had of the poor;' in the land wh...
Proverbs 13:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).
Proverbs 13:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Tillage. — Properly, the newly-made field, on which much labour has been expended. The poor hardworking man, by God’s blessing, gains an abundant living, while many (rich persons) are ruined for...
Proverbs 13:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but h...
Proverbs 13:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 13:2 . Compare this with Proverbs 12:14 . As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:...
Proverbs 13:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Much food is in...
Proverbs 13:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor ,.... The poor are generally employed in tilling land; from whose labours in ploughing and sowing much food arises to men, bread to the eater, and seed to t...
Proverbs 13:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment. Ver. 23. Much food is in the tillage of the poor. ] of the poet is well known, Laudato ingentia r...
Proverbs 13:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Much food is in the tillage of the poor A poor man many times, through God's blessing upon his endeavours, makes a plentiful provision for himself and family out of a few acres of land, which he ma...
Proverbs 13:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. See here, 1. How a small estate may be improved by industry, so that a man, by ma...
Proverbs 13:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; poor and mean persons, by their diligent labours in tillage or other employments, and God's blessing upon them, ofttimes grow rich. Destroyed; or, consum...
Proverbs 13:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 13:23 . “Tillage,” rather “fallow ground” or “a new field,” land which requires hard labour. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:23 LAND AND ITS TILLERS I. That until...
Proverbs 13:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father's instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love,...
Proverbs 13:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. The responsibility, cultivation, and harvest of small gifts Palestine was a land of small peasant p...
Proverbs 13:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second m...
Proverbs 13:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 23. Such food Is in the till-age of the poor, that is, he who with much labor clears and breaks up land, tilling it with all diligence, will be rewarded with a rich harvest; but there is that i...
Proverbs 13:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 5:9 ; Ecclesiastes 8:5 ; Ecclesiastes 8:6 ; Jeremiah 8:7-10 ; Proverbs 11:5 ; Proverbs 11:6 ; Proverbs 12:11 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 27:18 ; Proverbs 27:23-27 ; Proverbs 2...
Proverbs 13:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The poor — Poor persons by their diligent labours, and God's blessing often grow rich. Destroyed — Or, consumed, brought to poverty, for want of discretion.

Proverbs 13:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 13:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 13:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 13:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 13:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 13:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 13:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 13:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 13:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 13:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 13:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 13:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 13:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 13:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes