Proverbs 13:23
Abundance of food — the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
Young's Literal Translation
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
22A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous [is] the sinner's wealth.
24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:6Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 12:11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Proverbs 27:18The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
Proverbs 28:19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.
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 →