Orðskviðirnir 21:26

Heilögum Biblíunni

26 Ávallt er letinginn að óska sér, en hinn réttláti gefur og er ekki naumur.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

coveteth: Acts 20:33-35, 1 Thessalonians 2:5-9

the righteous: Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:9, Luke 6:30-36, Acts 20:35, 2 Corinthians 8:7-9, 2 Corinthians 9:9-14

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:24 - but Proverbs 17:16 - seeing Luke 16:3 - I cannot James 1:26 - bridleth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All the day long - Better, every day. The wish of the slothful man passes into restless, covetous, dissatisfied desire; the righteous, free from that desire, gives without grudging.