Sprueche 21:26

26 Den ganzen Tag begehrt und begehrt man, aber der Gerechte gibt und hält nicht zurück.

Sprueche 21:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:26

He coveteth greedily all the day long
The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts with; he is always craving something to eat and drink, or wishing he had such an estate, or so much wealth and riches, that he might live as such and such persons do; and this is what his head runs upon all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not;
not gives to the slothful, which does not restrain his desire, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but to the poor and necessitous, to proper objects; a good man will work with his hands, that he may have a sufficiency for himself and his family, and may have something to give to others that are in want; and "he spares not", or withholds not his hands, neither from working nor from giving.

Sprueche 21:26 In-Context

24 Der Übermütige, Stolze, Spötter ist sein Name, handelt mit vermessenem Übermut.

25 Die Begierde des Faulen tötet ihn, denn seine Hände weigern sich zu arbeiten.

26 Den ganzen Tag begehrt und begehrt man, aber der Gerechte gibt und hält nicht zurück.

27 Das Opfer der Gesetzlosen ist ein Greuel; wieviel mehr, wenn er es in böser Absicht bringt.

28 Ein Lügenzeuge wird umkommen; ein Mann aber, welcher hört, darf immerdar reden.