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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Excuses Lead to Poverty
Commentators explain that the plowing season in ancient Palestine was during the colder months of autumn and early winter. The sluggard uses the legitimate hardship of the cold as an excuse to avoid the necessary work. This proverb teaches that procrastination and excuse-making lead directly to future poverty and want.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Plowing time in Palestine is in November and December, when the wind blows commonly from the North.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold
Or, "in the cold"; in the time of cold, as Aben Ezra; in the ti…
He who labors and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent in his earthly business.
