Proverbs 19:24

bosom. bowl or wide dish. 2 Kings 21:13. Compare Matthew 26:23.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hideth his hand in his bosom - Better, dippeth his hand in the dish (compare 2 Kings 21:13 ). The scene brought before us is that of an Eastern...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 19. A shrewd turn of sarcasm in Proverbs 19:3 suggests the attitude of practical wisdom towards that questioning of the moral government...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom - I...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A slothful man— This verse contains a most elegant but hyperbolical description of a man who has given himself up to sloth; who refuses to do thing...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. A slothful (man) hideth his hand in (his) b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Fool ] read, 'rich' ( Proverbs 28:6 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

RV 'The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish,' etc.: the allusion is to the large dish in the centre into which all dip ( Mark 14:20 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom. — Better, in the dish that stood in the middle of the table at an Oriental dinner, into which the gu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 20 HUMAN FREEDOM "The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against the Lord."- Proverbs 19:3 THERE is such a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:7 . This is the only case in this first collection of proverbs in which we find three clauses. It is certainly most likely that th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom ,.... In cold weather to keep it warm, and at other times, as unwilling to use it in labour; it is t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. Ver. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom Either to keep it warm in cold weather, or to give it rest, being unwilling to fatigue it with the labo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. A sluggard is here exposed...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hideth his hand in his bosom; either to keep it warm in cold weather; or to give it rest, being loth to oppress it with the labour of any action. I...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 19:22 . The desire of a man, &c. Rather “ A man’s delight (or glory) is his beneficence , or A man’s kindness is...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 19:1 . Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, in simplicity and honesty of heart, than a fool whose tongue is perverse, and wh...
The Biblical Illustrator

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom. A protest against laziness Most critics substitute the word “dish” for “bosom” here: “A slothful m...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 19:1 Better is the poor that walkth in his integrity. The word for "poor" is, here and in Proverbs 19:7 , Proverbs...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, rather, he plunges it into the wide dish which contained the principal food of the family, and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:27 ; Proverbs 15:19 ; Proverbs 19:15 ; Proverbs 24:30-34 ; Proverbs 26:13-16 ; Proverbs 6:10 ; Proverbs 6:9 ; Psalms 74:11
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bring it — To feed himself; he expects that the meat should drop into his mouth.

²⁴ A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 19:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 19:24