George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Proverbs 13:4
Willeth not. Hebrew, "hath not." He only desires riches, or to be converted, and will not labour, chap. xxi. 25., and Ecclesiasticus v. 8.
Willeth not. Hebrew, "hath not." He only desires riches, or to be converted, and will not labour, chap. xxi. 25., and Ecclesiasticus v. 8.
Verse Proverbs 13:4. _THE SOUL OF THE SLUGGARD DESIRETH, AND_ HATH _NOTHING_] We often hear many religious people expressing a _desire to have more_ _of the Divine life_, and yet never get _forward_...
CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...
PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
THE DILIGENT. diligent ones....
CHAPTER 13 TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treachero...
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. THE SOUL OF THE SLUGGARD (HEBREW, THE SOUL OF HIM, THE SLUGGARD) DESIRETH, AND (HATH) NOTHING: B...
SOUL] as in Proverbs 13:2 and many other passages, means 'appetite.' MADE FAT] abundantly gratified....
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions. Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of correction....
Everybody desires good things. A person should work and earn money. Then he can buy the things that he desires....
מִתְאַוָּ֣ה וָ֭ אַיִן נַפְשֹׁ֣ו עָצֵ֑ל וְ נֶ֖
CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...
Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
The soul of the sluggard (b) desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. (b) He always desires, but takes no pains to get anything....
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
THE SOUL OF THE SLUGGARD DESIRETH, AND [HATH] NOTHING,.... He desires knowledge, but does not care to be at any pains to get it, and so has it not; he desires riches, but chooses not to make use of th...
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Ver. 4. _The soul of the sluggard desireth, &c._] _Vult, et non vult piger_ - so the Vulgate rea...
_The sluggard desireth and hath nothing_ Because he contents himself with lazy desires, without diligent endeavours; _but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat_ He shall be enriched with the frui...
V. 4. THE SOUL OF THE SLUGGARD DESIRETH, he is always ready to discourse on what he wants and ought to have, AND HATH NOTHING, he has no success, because he is too lazy to work for it; BUT THE SOUL OF...
HATH NOTHING, because he contenteth himself with lazy desires without diligent endeavours. SHALL BE MADE FAT; he shall be enriched with the fruit of his own labours....
Proverbs 13:4 soul H5315 lazy H6102 desires H183 (H8693) soul H5315 diligent H2742 rich H1878 (H8792)...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
_The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat._ THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF IDLENESS AND OF INDUSTRY This text is true both in a temporal an...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:1 The present section of Proverbs 1:1 (Proverbs 10:1) began with a call to be a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 13:4. FAT, _i.e._, abundantly satisfied. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:4_ THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE SLUGGARD’S DESIRES I, THE DESIRES OF THE SLUGGARD CANNOT BE SATISFIE...
EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...
2 Peter 1:5; Hebrews 6:11; Isaiah 58:11; John 6:27; Numbers 23:10;...