Proverbs 21:26
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
In Context
25Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:26-27
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see ch. xxvi.… Read the whole commentary →