Proverbios 19:24

24 El perezoso esconde su mano en el seno; aun a su boca no la llevará

Proverbios 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Proverbios 19:24 In-Context

22 Contentamiento es a los hombres hacer misericordia; pero es mejor hacerla al pobre que al mentiroso

23 El temor del SEÑOR es para vida; el que lo tenga vivirá satisfecho; no será visitado de mal

24 El perezoso esconde su mano en el seno; aun a su boca no la llevará

25 Hiere al burlador, y el simple se hará prudente; y corrigiendo al entendido, entenderá ciencia

26 El que roba a su padre y ahuyenta a su madre, es hijo avergonzador y deshonrador