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The Folly of Incompleteness
Commentators explain that the slothful person fails to complete what they start. Whether they are too lazy to cook the game they caught or, as some translations suggest, fail to even secure it in their net, the result is the same: their initial effort is wasted. This proverb warns against half-hearted work and the failure to follow through.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 12:27
18th Century
Theologian
The word rendered “roasteth” occurs nowhere else; but the interpretation of the King James Version is widely adopted. Others render the first claus…
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 12:27
19th Century
Bishop
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting. —Or, does not net, (i.e., secure) his …
John Gill
On Proverbs 12:27
17th Century
Pastor
The slothful [man] roasts not that which he took in hunting
Because he takes none. The slothful man takes no pains to…
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 12:27
17th Century
Minister
The lazy man makes no good use of the advantages Providence puts in his way, and has no comfort in them. The possessions of a diligent man, though …