Proverbs 13:23
רָב ־ אֹכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
22טוֹב יַנְחִיל בְּנֵֽי ־ בָנִים וְצָפוּן לַצַּדִּיק חֵיל חוֹטֵֽא ׃
24חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ וְאֹהֲבוֹ שִֽׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָֽר ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6לֵֽךְ ־ אֶל ־ נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָֽם ׃
Proverbs 12:11עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
Proverbs 27:18נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּֽד ׃
Proverbs 28:19עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵקִים יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ רִֽישׁ ׃
Ecclesiastes 8:5שׁוֹמֵר מִצְוָה לֹא יֵדַע דָּבָר רָע וְעֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט יֵדַע לֵב חָכָֽם ׃
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 →