Proverbs Chapter 13:23
1:1-6, 1:7-9, 1:10-19, 1:20-33, 2:1-9, 2:10-22, 3:1-6, 3:7-12, 3:13-20, 3:21-26, 3:27-35, 4:1-13, 4:14-19, 4:20-27, 5:1-14, 5:15-23, 6:1-5, 6:6-11, 6:12-19, 6:20-35, 7:1-5, 7:6-23, 7:24-27, 8:1-11, 8:12-21, 8:22-31, 8:32-36, 9:1-12, 9:13-18, 10:1, 10:2-3, 10:4, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 10:8, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 10:12,10:13, 10:14, 10:15, 10:16, 10:17, 10:18, 10:19, 10:20-21, 10:22, 10:23, 10:24-25, 10:26, 10:27-28, 10:29-30, 10:31-32, 11:1, 11:2, 11:3, 11:4, 11:5-6, 11:7, 11:8, 11:9, 11:10-11, 11:12-13, 11:14, 11:15, 11:16, 11:17, 11:18, 11:19, 11:20, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:24, 11:25, 11:26, 11:27, 11:28, 11:29, 11:30, 11:31, 12:1, 12:2, 12:3, 12:4, 12:5, 12:6, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:10, 12:11, 12:12, 12:13, 12:14, 12:15, 12:16, 12:17, 12:18, 12:19, 12:20,12:21, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 12:25, 12:26, 12:27, 12:28, 13:1,13:2, 13:3, 13:4, 13:5, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 13:9, 13:10, 13:11, 13:12, 13:13, 13:14, 13:15, 13:16, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19, 13:20, 13:21, 13:22, 13:23, 13:24, 13:25, 14:1, 14:2, 14:3, 14:4, 14:5, 14:6, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12,14:13, 14:14, 14:15, 14:16, 14:17, 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:21, 14:22, 14:23, 14:24, 14:25, 14:26-27, 14:28, 14:29, 14:30, 14:31, 14:32, 14:33, 14:34, 14:35, 15:1, 15:2, 15:3, 15:4, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:13, 15:14, 15:15, 15:16-17, 15:18, 15:19, 15:20, 15:21, 15:22, 15:23, 15:24, 15:25, 15:26, 15:27, 15:28, 15:29, 15:30, 15:31, 15:32, 15:33, 16:1, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 16:5, 16:6, 16:7, 16:8, 16:9,16:10, 16:11, 16:12, 16:13, 16:14-15, 16:16, 16:17, 16:18, 16:19,16:20, 16:21, 16:22, 16:23, 16:24, 16:25, 16:26, 16:27-28, 16:29-30, 16:31, 16:32, 16:33, 17:1, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4, 17:5, 17:6, 17:7, 17:8, 17:9, 17:10, 17:11, 17:12, 17:13, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:17, 17:18, 17:19, 17:20, 17:21, 17:22, 17:23, 17:24,17:25, 17:26, 17:27-28,
O.T.Henry Commentary Proverbs 18-31
Prov 13:23
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1. How a small estate may be improved by industry, so that a man, by making the best of every thing, may live comfortably upon it: Much food is in the tillage of the poor, the poor farmers, that have but a little, but take pains with that little and husband it well. Many make it an excuse for their idleness that they have but a little to work on, a very little to be doing with; but the less compass the field is of the more let the skill and labour of the owner be employed about it, and it will turn to a very good account. Let him dig, and he needs not beg.
2. How a great estate may be ruined by indiscretion: There is that has a great deal, but it is destroyed and brought to nothing for want of judgment, that is, prudence in the management of it. Men over-build themselves or over-buy themselves, keep greater company, or a better table, or more servants, than they can afford, suffer what they have to go to decay and do not make the most of it; by taking up money themselves, or being bound for others, their estates are sunk, their families reduced, and all for want of judgment.