Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of judgment.
Updated King James Version
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
24He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 12:11He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 27:18Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 28:19He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and 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 →