Labour not, &c. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10; Genesis 13:13); the rich fool (Luke 12:16-20. Compare Proverbs 10:16). See Jeremiah's advice (Jeremiah 45:5).
wisdom. Hebrew. binah. See note on Proverbs 1:2. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 23:9; Proverbs 23:23.