Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.
Verse Takeaways
1
The Poison of Unfulfilled Desire
Commentators explain that the sluggard's desire becomes a destructive force. His constant craving for things he is unwilling to work for leads to a life of misery. Albert Barnes describes this as wasting away in "unsatisfied longings," while John Gill notes that this frustration "frets and vexes him to death."
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Proverbs
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
Kills him - He wastes his strength and life in unsatisfied longings for something which he lacks the energy to gain. The wish to do great or…
19th Century
Anglican
The desire of the slothful killeth them. Their love for sloth and pleasure ruins them in soul and body and fortune.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The desire of the slothful kills him His desire after food and raiment, and riches; for because he cannot have what …
Consider supporting our work
Here is the misery of the slothful: their hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they could earn an honest livelihood; yet their hea…
