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Spreuken 21:26

Listen to Spreuken 21:26
26 Den gansen dag begeert hij begeerlijke dingen; maar de rechtvaardige zal geven, en niet inhouden.

Spreuken 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.

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Spreuken 21:26 In-Context

24 Die een hovaardig pocher is, zijn naam is spotter; hij gaat met hovaardige verbolgenheid te werk.
25 De begeerte des luiaards zal hem doden, want zijn handen weigeren te werken.
26 Den gansen dag begeert hij begeerlijke dingen; maar de rechtvaardige zal geven, en niet inhouden.
27 Het offer der goddelozen is een gruwel; hoeveel te meer, als zij het met een schandelijk voornemen brengen!
28 Een leugenachtig getuige zal vergaan; en een man, die hoort, zal spreken tot overwinning.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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