Proverbs 12:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Shall bear rule; shall procure wealth and power. The slothful, Heb. the deceitful. So he calls the slothful, because deceit and idleness are commonly companions, and such men seek to gain by fraud what they either cannot or will not get by honest labour. Compare Proverbs 10:4.

Proverbs 12:24

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfuld shall be under tribute.