Proverbs 12:27
The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
28In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Cross References
Psalms 37:16The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
Proverbs 13:4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 16:8Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 26:14[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:27
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. See here, 1. That good men do well for themselves; for they have in themselves an excellent character, and they secure to themselves an excellent portion, and in both they excel other people: The righteous is more abundant than his neighbour (so the margin); he is richer, though not in this world's goods, yet in the graces and comforts of the Spirit, which are the true riches. There is a true excellency in religion; it… Read the whole commentary →