Zhēnyán 21:26

26 Yǒu zhōng rì tān dé wú yàn de , yì rén shīshĕ ér bù lìn xī .

Zhēnyán 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.

Zhēnyán 21:26 In-Context

24 Xīn jiāo qì ào de rén , míng jiào xiè màn . tā xíngshì kuáng wàng , dōu chūyú jiāoào .

25 Lǎnduò rén de xīnyuàn , jiāng tā shāhaì , yīnwei tā shǒu bù kĕn zuò gōng .

26 Yǒu zhōng rì tān dé wú yàn de , yì rén shīshĕ ér bù lìn xī .

27 È rén de jìwù shì kĕ zēng de , hékuàng tā cún è yì lái xiàn ne .

28 Zuò jiǎ jiànzhèng de bì mièwáng , wéiyǒu tīng zhēn qíng ér yán de , qí yán chángcún .