He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread. The occupation must be an honest one, such as agriculture, and one must labour diligently at it. One must not put his sickle into his neighbour's harvest.
But he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. "Vain persons," i:e., idlers (2 Samuel 6:20): such as love vanity, shrink from honest labour, delight in sleep, indolence, play, and idle talk. We must withdraw from the company of such (2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12). Being "void of understanding," they, as a necessary consequence, are void of "bread," as contrasted with "He that tilleth his land," who therefore "shall be satisfied with bread."