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The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and
dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is much food,
but there are those, who, though rich, perish through their disregar...
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CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is
continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the
righteous, illust...
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PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups
of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of
waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
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IN THE TILLAGE OF, &C.: i.e. with Jehovah's blessing....
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_for want of judgment_ Rather, BY REASON OF INJUSTICE, R.V. The
contrast is between substance gained by honest toil and substance lost
by injustice: a poor man by hard labour makes his newly cultivate...
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MUCH FOOD IS IN THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR— _Much food is to the
tillage of the poor; but the very substance is quite spent by want of
judgment._ Schultens. The LXX read, _The just shall dwell in riches...
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TEXT Proverbs 13:18-25
18.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction;
But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
19.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul;
But it is...
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Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is
destroyed for want of judgment.
MUCH FOOD (IS IN) THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR - `in the newly tilled had
of the poor;' in the land which t...
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13:23 poor; (a-9) Or 'indigent,' as ver. 8. judgment. (b-19) Or 'that
is destroyed through injustice.'...
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2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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TILLAGE] RM 'tilled land.' FOR WANT OF JUDGMENT] RV 'by reason of
injustice.' The idea is that God blesses the labour of the righteous
poor, but the unjust, though they may be rich, will not flourish....
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 13
V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions.
Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of
correction....
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Evil people can destroy many good things. This is one reason why today
many people are poor. God has given great wealth to the people of the
world. God gave land, which can produce plentiful supplies...
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TILLAGE. — Properly, _the newly-made field,_ on which much labour
has been expended. The poor hardworking man, by God’s blessing,
gains an abundant living, while many (rich persons) are ruined for
the...
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רָב ־אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְ יֵ֥שׁ
נִ֝סְפֶּ
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CHAPTER 14
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
"A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth
not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he
tha...
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Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of
a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of
transgressors react upon themselves.
Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
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Much food [is in] the fallow ground of the (l) poor: but there is
[that is] destroyed for lack of judgment.
(l) God blesses the labour of the poor, and consumes their goods who
are negligent, because...
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_Fathers. Heirs often lose their property by their misconduct. Hebrew
and (Haydock) Chaldean read, "of the poor," who till their land better
than those who have too large farms. (Menochius) --- Nature...
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Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. A
good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the
wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Much food is in t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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MUCH FOOD [IS IN] THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR,.... The poor are generally
employed in tilling land; from whose labours in ploughing and sowing
much food arises to men, bread to the eater, and seed to the...
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Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is]
destroyed for want of judgment.
Ver. 23. _Much food is in the tillage of the poor._] of the poet is
well known, _Laudato ingentia rur...
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_Much food is in the tillage of the poor_ A poor man many times,
through God's blessing upon his endeavours, makes a plentiful
provision for himself and family out of a few acres of land, which he
man...
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V. 23. SUCH FOOD IS IN THE TILL-AGE OF THE POOR, that is, he who with
much labor clears and breaks up land, tilling it with all diligence,
will be rewarded with a rich harvest; BUT THERE IS THAT IS DE...
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MUCH FOOD IS IN THE TILLAGE OF THE POOR; poor and mean persons, by
their diligent labours in tillage or other employments, and God's
blessing upon them, ofttimes grow rich. DESTROYED; or, _consumed_,...
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Proverbs 13:23 Much H7230 food H400 fallow H5215 poor H7218 (H8676)
H7326 (H8802) lack H3808 justice...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath
pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
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Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This
maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance
to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
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_Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is
destroyed for want of judgment._
THE RESPONSIBILITY, CULTIVATION, AND HARVEST OF SMALL GIFTS
Palestine was a land of small peasant propr...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:22 Walking with the wise (see vv.
Proverbs 13:20) includes caring for children by providing both a
material INHERITANCE and mo
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:23 The causes of poverty are complex.
It can be caused by INJUSTICE and oppression (as here; compare
Proverbs 22:16;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 13:23. “Tillage,” rather “fallow ground” or “a new
field,” land which requires hard labour.
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:23_
LAND AND ITS TILLERS
I. THAT UNTILLED LAND...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 13:1-15:19
Second section in this collection.
PROVERBS 13:1
A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version
introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
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In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the
contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the
scorner, the transgressor and the good man.
A wise son hears his fa...
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Ecclesiastes 5:9; Ecclesiastes 8:5; Ecclesiastes 8:6; Jeremiah 8:7;...
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The poor — Poor persons by their diligent labours, and God's
blessing often grow rich. Destroyed — Or, consumed, brought to
poverty, for want of discretion....