Proverbs 10:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He becometh poor Probably by slow degrees; that dealeth with a slack hand Who is negligent and slothful in his business. Hebrew, כ Š רמיה, with a deceitful hand, so called, partly because it seems, or pretends to do something, when, in truth, it doth nothing; and partly because such persons usually endeavour to maintain themselves by deceit and wickedness, instead of doing it by honest labour and diligence. But the hand of the diligent maketh rich Not by itself, nor necessarily, as is manifest from experience, and is observed Ecclesiastes 9:11, but through God's blessing, which is commonly given to the diligent and industrious.