Killeth him - He wastes his strength and life in unsatisfied longings for something which he has not energy to gain. The wish to do great or good things may sometimes be taken for the deed, but if the hindrance is from a man’s own sloth, it does but add to his condemnation.
Verse Proverbs 21:25. _THE DESIRE OF THE SLOTHFUL KILLETH HIM_] He desires to eat, drink, and be clothed: but as he does _not labour_, hence he dies with this desire in his heart, envying those who p...
CHAPTER 21 PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO LIFE AND CONDUCT In the proverbs of this chapter the Lord is mentioned five times. “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: He turne...
PROVERBS 21:1. WATERCOURSES: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which could be diverted in any direction at will. Proverbs 21:4....
_the desire of the slothful killeth him_ This may mean either (_a_) his desire for slothful inaction brings him to want and starvation, because through its indulgence (as the 2nd clause of the verse e...
DISCOURSE: 803 DESIRE IS NOTHING WITHOUT LABOUR Proverbs 21:25. _The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour_. IT is the duty of a minister to “comfort the Lord’s people,”...
TEXT Proverbs 21:21-31 21. He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor. 22. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strengt...
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. THE DESIRE OF THE SLOTHFUL KILLETH HIM (WITH DISAPPOINTED HOPES, , ENDING IN WANT OF ALL NECESSARIES, ); FOR HIS HANDS REFUSE...
1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon (Isaiah 58:11)....
He desires ease and self-indulgence....
These two verses belong together. They compare a lazy man with a good man. This lazy man is greedy. He wants food. He needs money. But he refuses to work. So he tries to persuade other people to give...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 21 V1 A king is like a canal that God controls. God leads the king in the way that God decides....
THE DESIRE OF THE SLOTHFUL KILLETH THEM. — Their love for sloth and pleasure ruins them in soul and body and fortune....
תַּאֲוַ֣ת עָצֵ֣ל תְּמִיתֶ֑נּוּ כִּֽי ־מֵאֲנ֖וּ יָדָ֣יו...
CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint translation has an interesting addition to the proverb in...
Verse Proverbs 21:4. The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, there is sin. All of which is to say that for a man to f...
The desire of the slothful (l) killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. (l) He thinks to live by wishing and desiring all things, but will make no effort to get anything....
_At all. Hence his desires of riches and wisdom prove fruitless, chap. xiii. 4._...
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse t...
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 DESIRE OF THE SLOTHFUL KILLETH HIM,.... His desire after food and raiment, and riches; for because he cannot have what he desires, being unwilling to work for them, it frets and vexes him to death...
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. Ver. 25. _The desire of the slothful killeth him._] He only wisheth well to himself; but refusing to labour, "pineth away in hi...
_The desire of the slothful killeth him_ Torments him almost to death, while he passionately desires that which he sees he shall not enjoy, and will not take pains to procure. _He coveteth greedily al...
V. 25. THE DESIRE OF THE SLOTHFUL, his natural appetites and needs, for which he refuses to provide, KILLETH HIM, for want of diligence he dies of want; for his hands refuse to labor; too lazy to work...
KILLETH HIM; either, 1. Tormenteth him almost to death, whilst he passionately desires that which he sees he shall not enjoy, and will not take pains to procure. Or, 2. Exposeth him to extreme want,...
Proverbs 21:25 desire H8378 lazy H6102 kills H4191 (H8686) hands H3027 refuse H3985 (H8765) labor H6213 ...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Those who follow after righteousness, shall find righteousness, honor and life. KEY WORD: Counsel (Proverbs 20:5). STRONG VERSES: P...
Proverbs 21:1. _The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will._ The allusion is probably to the water-meads and the ditches in the corn field...
_The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour._ SLOTH Solomon attaches to it several evils. I. Suicide. “The desire of the slothful killeth him.” The man who is too lazy t...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 21:25 Laziness leads to constant greed and craving. The diligence of the righteous allows them to be generous (see note on 10:4)....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 21:25_ THE SWORD OF THE SLUGGARD I. A SLUGGARD CANNOT HELP DESIRING THE RESULTS OF TOIL. It is natural and lawful for men to value bodily health and comfort, and all thos...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 21:1 THE KING'S HEART IS IN THE HAND OF THE LORD, AS THE RIVERS OF WATER. We are to think of the little channels used for irrigation. As these are altogether under the gardener's...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Proverbs 21:1-31. Proverbs 21:1-31, Solomon declares: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will (Prov...
Matthew 25:26; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 13:4;...
Killeth — Torments him to death, while he passionately desires what he sees, he shall not enjoy, and will not take pains to procure....