Proverbs 13:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. ”

• Proverbs 13:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The soul of the sluggard (b) desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (b) He always desires, but takes no pains to get anything.

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• Proverbs 13:4 - 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...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the diligent . diligent ones.

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing - We often hear many religious people express...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. The soul of the sluggard (Hebrew, the soul of him, the sluggard) desireth, and (hath) noth...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).

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• Proverbs 13:4 - 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...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - 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:...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth hi...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing ,.... He desires knowledge, but does not care to be at any pains to get it, and so has it not; he desires riches, but chooses not to make use of...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Ver. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, &c. ] Vult, et non vult piger - so the Vulga...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The sluggard desireth and hath nothing Because he contents himself with lazy desires, without diligent endeavours; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat He shall be enriched with the fru...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.       Here is, 1. The misery and shame of the slothful. See how foolish and absurd...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Hath nothing, because he contenteth himself with lazy desires without diligent endeavours. Shall be made fat; he shall be enriched with the fruit of his own labours.

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 13:4 . Fat , i.e. , abundantly satisfied. MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:4 THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SLUGGARD’S DESIRES I, The desires of the sluggard cannot be...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - 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,...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. The nature and consequences of idleness and of industry This text is true both in a temporal...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - 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...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, he is always ready to discourse on what he wants and ought to have, and hath nothing, he has no success, because he is too lazy to work for it; but the s...

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• Proverbs 13:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:5-11 ; Hebrews 6:11 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; John 6:27 ; Numbers 23:10 ; Proverbs 10:4 ; Proverbs 11:25 ; Proverbs 12:11 ; Proverbs 12:24 ; Proverbs 2:2-9 ; Proverbs 26:13 ; Proverbs 28...

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