the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 13:23
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Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that which is destroyed by reason of injustice.
A poor person's field might produce plenty of food, but others often steal it away.
There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.
Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor, But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Many meetis ben in the new tilid feeldis of fadris; and ben gaderid to othere men with out doom.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
The fields of the poor may yield much food, but some are swept away because of injustice.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness.
Much food is in the tillage of the poore: but there is that is destroyed for want of iudgement.
Much food is in the plowed land of the poor, but it is taken away because of wrong-doing.
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.
Those who do not understand the manner of life are destroyed by riches; yea, many men are destroyed completely.
Unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed.
Much food, is in the fallow ground of the poor, but there is that is swept away, for want of justice.
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.
The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,but without justice, it is swept away.
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
There is much food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
The tilled ground of the poor yields much food, but without justice, it is swept away.
Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.
Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor, or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.
Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor,And for lack of justice there is waste. [fn]
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,But it is swept away by injustice.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
food: Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 12:14, Proverbs 27:18, Proverbs 27:23-27, Proverbs 28:19, Ecclesiastes 5:9
destroyed: Proverbs 6:6-11, Proverbs 11:5, Proverbs 11:6, Psalms 112:5, Ecclesiastes 8:5, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Jeremiah 8:7-10
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:23 - here is seed Proverbs 13:11 - he Proverbs 14:4 - but
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor,.... The poor are generally employed in tilling land; from whose labours in ploughing and sowing much food arises to men, bread to the eater, and seed to the sower: or a poor farmer, that has but a small farm, a few acres of land, to till; yet through his diligence and industry, with the blessing of God upon it, he gets a comfortable livelihood for himself and family; much food, or a sufficiency of it for the present year, and seed to sow land again the following year;
but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment; or discretion in tilling his land, and managing the affairs of husbandry, which is God's gift, Isaiah 28:26; or, "through injustice" w, as some render it; for want of doing that which is right and just; not paying his labourers their hire and wages, as he ought, and so it is blasted, and comes to ruin. This may be spiritually applied. By the "poor" may be understood the poor ministers of the Gospel; who, though poor, make many rich, 2 Corinthians 6:10; much spiritual food is to be had under their labours and ministrations, they being employed in cultivating the churches: or else the poor saints and poor churches themselves may be meant; who are tilled by them, among whom is plenty of spiritual provisions; as in the poor Protestant churches, who, though in the wilderness, are nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, when there is no food in the apostate church of Rome: and so by the "tillage" may be meant the church of Christ itself, which is "God's husbandry", 1 Corinthians 3:9; his agriculture, his tillage, his arable land; which he has separated and distinguished from the wide world, and employs his power and care about. For he is the husbandman, John 15:1; it is he that breaks up the fallow ground of men's hearts; that makes the ground good which he tills; who sows the seed of the word, and the seed of his grace there; who waters it with the dews of his grace, and causes his people to grow as the corn, and ripens them for glory: and when the harvest is come, the end of the world or of life, he sends his reapers, his angels, to gather them, the wheat, into his garner. And he employs the ministers of the word as under husbandmen, as labourers under him and with him; these are the ploughmen that hold the plough of the Gospel, and manage that; these are his sowers that go forth, bearing the precious seed of the word, and sow it under his direction; and these water the ground that is sown and planted; their doctrines distil as the rain and dew upon it; and these bring in their sheaves with joy at last. And now in this tillage is much spiritual food; in God's husbandry, the church, are the word and ordinances, in which are milk for babes, and meat for strong men, salutary, wholesome, nourishing, and strengthening food; here Christ, the best food, is set forth to faith to feed upon; true and real food, meat and drink indeed, spiritual, savoury, satisfying food; soul reviving, refreshing, and nourishing food; here is plenty of it, enough and to spare: and yet there are some that are destroyed for want of spiritual judgment and discerning; who take the poison of false teachers instead of the food to be had under a Gospel ministry; so the followers of the man of sin are given up to believe a lie and be damned; for want of judgment, they receive the grossest absurdities, and perish; as others also give in to damnable heresies, denying the deity, satisfaction, and righteousness of Christ, and other soul destroying notions; see Hosea 4:6.
w בלא משפט "ob non jus", Vatablus; i.e. "ob injustitiam", Michaelis; "sine justitia", Gejerum.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is much food, but there are those, who, though rich, perish through their disregard of right.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 13:23. That is destroyed for want of judgment. — O, how much of the poverty of the poor arises from their own want of management! They have little or no economy, and no foresight. When they get any thing, they speedily spend it; and a feast and a famine make the chief varieties of their life.
