Proverbs 13:23
Sometimes poor people’s fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food.
Translation for Translators
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 6:6You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Proverbs 12:11Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish.
Proverbs 27:18Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him.
Proverbs 28:19Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops and always have plenty of food to eat, but those who spend all their time ◄on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone► will become very poor.
Ecclesiastes 8:5If you obey what the king commands, he will not harm you. So be wise, and know the correct/right time to do things and the right way to do them.
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 →