Provérbios 19:24

24 O preguiçoso esconde a sua mão no prato, e nem ao menos quer levá-la de novo � boca.

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Provérbios 19:24 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom
In cold weather to keep it warm, and at other times, as unwilling to use it in labour; it is the proper posture and just attitude of a slothful man. The word for "bosom" is sometimes used for a "pot" or "platter" F21; and then the sense is, that he puts his hands under a pot over a fire to warm them; or in one removed at some distance from the fire, as Jarchi; or rather it may signify his putting his hand into a plate of food, and yet so slothful, as it follows, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again;
so sluggish, that he will rather starve than be at the pains to feed himself; he will not take his hand out of his bosom, to take food out of the dish to feed himself with; and even when his hand is in the dish, he will not take it from thence again, and lift it to his mouth; an hyperbolical expression. Gussetius F23 thinks, it may have respect to such slothful men, who are careless and negligent to their souls; who, though they have the holy Scriptures in their hands, like a vessel full of wholesome food for the soul, yet will not make use of the least mite out of them, that they may receive eternal life.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (txlub) "in patinam", Tigurine version; "in lebete", Mercerus, Michaelis; "in patinia", Cocceius; "in paropsidem", Schultens.
F23 Ebr. Comment. p. 715.

Provérbios 19:24 In-Context

22 O que faz um homem desejável é a sua benignidade; e o pobre é melhor do que o mentiroso.
23 O temor do Senhor encaminha para a vida; aquele que o tem ficará satisfeito, e mal nenhum o visitará.
24 O preguiçoso esconde a sua mão no prato, e nem ao menos quer levá-la de novo � boca.
25 Fere ao escarnecedor, e o simples aprenderá a prudência; repreende ao que tem entendimento, e ele crescerá na ciencia.
26 O que aflige a seu pai, e faz fugir a sua mãe, é filho que envergonha e desonra.
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