Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8; Proverbs 23:2; Proverbs 26:15; Psalms 37:16
The word rendered “roasteth” occurs nowhere else; but the interpretation of the King James Version is widely adopted. Others render the first claus...
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he (m) took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious. (m) Although he gets much by u...
Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14...
roasteth not, &c. . starteth not his game (see the Oxford Gesenius). substance: i.e. that which the diligent man "starts" and obtains is subs...
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. The slothful man roasteth not that...
The slothful man roasteth not, &c.— Schultens thinks this verse parallel to the 4th verse of the 10th chapter; and he renders it, A self-decei...
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. The slothful (man) roasteth not...
4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song o...
He is too lazy to look after his own food ( Proverbs 19:24 ).
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting. — Or, does not net, ( i.e., secure) his prey; but a valuable possession to a man i...
CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."...
Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able t...
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunt...
DEFECTIVE ENERGY ‘The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting.’ Proverbs 12:27 I. The lazy man goes hunting. —Some are full...
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting ,.... Because he takes none. The slothful man takes no pains to get anything for a liv...
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious. Ver. 27. The slothful (or deceitf...
The slothful man Or, the deceitful man , as in Proverbs 12:24 , who seeks to enrich himself, not by his industry and diligence, but by fraudulent...
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. Here is, 1. Tha...
The slothful man; or, the deceitful man, as Proverbs 12:24 , who seeks to enrich himself by fraudulent and unjust practices. Roasteth not that...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:27 . The word translated roast does not occur in this sense elsewhere. In the Chaldee of Daniel 3:27 , it is used i...
Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath...
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting. Indolence Most hunters have the game they shot or entrapped cooked the same evenin...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and ope...
v. 27. The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting, literally, "catcheth not his prey," being too lazy to make use of his opportuni...
Resteth not — Does not enjoy the fruit of his labours. Precious — Yields him comfort and blessing with it.
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.