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Proverbs 16:26
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:26
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:1-33EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:16-26The Divine justice in respect to the wise and fools We see the moral order of God revealed in the character and life of men in various ways. Their conduct has a good or evil effect on themselves, on their fellows, and i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 16:26This is designed to engage us to diligence, and quicken us, what our hand finds to do, to do it with all our might, both in our worldly business and in the work of religion; for in the original it is, The soul that labo…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; literally, the soul of him that laboureth laboureth for him. "Soul" here is equivalent to "desire," "appetite" (comp. Proverbs 6:30), and the maxim signifies that hunger is a str…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 16:26The blessing of hunger I. AT BOTTOM, HUNGER, THE NEED OF BREAD, IS THE GREAT STING AND GOAD TO ALL EXERTION, TO USEFUL ACTIVITY IN GENERAL. II. HENCE HUNGER IS THE HELPER OF OUR TOIL. And we may thank God for every stim…Joseph S. Exell and contributors