Proverbs 13:23
Rav ochel (much food) is in the untilled ground of the poor, 1 but for want of mishpat (justice) it is swept away. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1
Proverbs 12:11He that worketh his adamah shall be satisfied with lechem, 1 but he that chaseth after worthless persons is devoid of lev. + 12:11 of understanding 1
Proverbs 27:18He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof, 1 so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored. 1
Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his adamah shall have plenty of lechem, 1 but he that chaseth after empty things shall have poverty enough. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso is shomer mitzvah shall meet no harm; and a lev of a chacham discerneth both et (time) and mishpat (judgment).
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 →