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There are those who covet greedily all the day long; But the righteous gives and doesn`t withhold.
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Sloth Breeds Coveting
Commentators unanimously identify the person who 'covets greedily all day long' as the slothful individual. Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry explain that idleness creates a miserable condition where the hands refuse to work, but the heart is consumed with restless, unsatisfied desires for wealth and pleasure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All the day long - Better, every day. The wish of the slothful man passes into restless, covetous, dissatisfied desire; the righteous, fre…
19th Century
Anglican
He covets greedily all the day long, that he may consume it on his lusts (James 4:3), while the righ…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He covets greedily all the day long The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts wi…
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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…
