The sluggard is now out of his bed, but he might have lain there, for any thing he is likely to bring to pass in his work. It is common for men who will not do their duty, to pretend they cannot. Those that are slothful in religion, will not be at the pains to feed their souls with the bread of life, nor to fetch in promised blessings by prayer.
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Proverbs 26:15
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:13-16The vice of idleness I. IT IS FULL OF EXCUSES. (Proverbs 26:13.) There is always some pretext for evading duty, however frivolous and absurd, with the idle man. Idleness is the parent of almost every sin; here of coward…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:13-16Proverbs concerning the sluggard.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 26:15The sluggard has now, with much ado, got out of his bed, but he might as well have lain there still for any thing he is likely to bring to pass in his work, so awkwardly does he go about it. Observe, 1. The pretence he…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 26:15Very nearly identical with Proverbs 19:24. It forms a climax to the two preceding verses. Wordsworth takes "the dish" as a type of sensual pleasure, which the slothful loves, while he has no liking for active work.Joseph S. Exell and contributors