slothful: Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 23:2, Proverbs 26:15
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Proverbs 12:27
Proverbs 12:27
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Proverbs 12 — OverviewProverbs 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAdvantages of the Righteous.Proverbs 12 — OverviewProverbs 12 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 12 continues Solomon's great gallery of contrasts, holding the righteous and the wicked side by side in every verse. The chapter sweeps across a wide range of life: how we learn, how we speak, how we work, how…Proverbs 12:1-28Proverbs 12:1-28 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONProverbs 12:24-28Proverbs 12:24-28 · The Pulpit Commentaryspeak of the means of getting on in life.Proverbs 12:27Proverbs 12:27 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, 1. That which may make us hate slothfulness and deceit, for
the word here, as before, signifies both: The slothful deceitful man
has roast meat, but that which he roasts is not what he himself took in…Proverbs 12:27Proverbs 12:27 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe slothful man (literally, sloth) roasteth not that which he took in hunting. There is some doubt concerning the correct meaning of the word translated "roasteth" ( חרךְ), which occurs only in the Chaldea of Daniel…