Proverbs 21:26
He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
In Context
25The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
Cross References
Psalms 37:26But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
Matthew 5:42Giue to him that asketh, and from him that would borowe of thee, turne not away.
Acts 20:33I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor gold, nor apparell.
2 Corinthians 9:9(As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath giuen to the poore: his beneuolence remayneth for euer.
1 Thessalonians 2:5Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
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 →