Proverbs 13:23
An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
World Messianic 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
24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
Proverbs 27:18Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 28:19One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
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 →