The contrast continues between the life of industry and that of the idle, “vain person” of the “baser sort” (the Raca of Matthew 5:22). We…

Vain persons. —Or, things, such as searching for hid treasures (Proverbs 2:4).

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread
This was man's work in innocence; this he was doomed to do wi…

It is a person's wisdom to mind their business, and follow an honest calling. But it is folly to neglect business; and the grace of God teaches peo…