Proverbs 13:23
Much food bringeth the new-tilled ground of the poor; but there are many others that are taken away through injustice.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
In Context
24He that withholdeth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chastiseth him betimes.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his ground will be satisfied with bread; but he that runneth after idle persons is void of sense.
Proverbs 27:18Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his ground will have plenty of bread; but he that runneth after idle persons will have enough of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart knoweth both time and the just consequence.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:23
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. See here, 1. How a good man's estate lasts: He leaves an inheritance to his children's children. It is part of his praise that he is thoughtful for posterity, that he does not lay all out upon himself, but is in care to do well for those that come after him, not by withholding more than is meet, but by a prudent and decent frugality. He trains up his children to this, that they may leave it to… Read the whole commentary →