Those that indulge themselves, may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour.
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Proverbs 20:13
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 20:1-30EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 20:12-19Religion, industry, prudence, and honesty I. GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD. 1. Of all bodily good. The eye, the ear, with all their wondrous mechanism, with all their rich instrumentality of enjoyment, are from him. 2. Of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 20:13Note, 1. Those that indulge themselves in their ease may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour. "Therefore, though thou must sleep (nature requires it), yet love not sleep, as those…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty (see Proverbs 6:9, etc.). The fate of the sluggard is handled again in Proverbs 23:21, as often before; e.g. Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 19:15. The LXX; taking שֵׁנָה (shenah), "sle…Joseph S. Exell and contributors