Proverbs 13:23
“Much food is in the tillage of the poor : but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Much food is in the tillage of the poor,.... The poor are generally employed in tilling land; from whose labours in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, 1. How a small estate may be improved by industry, so that a man, by making the best of every thing, may live…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
for want of judgment Rather, by reason of injustice, R.V. The contrast is between substance gained by honest toil and…
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