John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:27
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting ,.... Because he takes none. The slothful man takes no pains to get anything for a livelihood, by hunting or otherwise; and though he loves to live well, and eat roast meat, yet what he roasts is not what he has got himself, but what another has laboured for. It is observed F15 Vid. Schindler. Lexic. col. 653. that fowlers burn the wings of birds taken by them, that they may not fly away; to which the allusion may be. Or,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour ,.... Not than his neighbour who is righteous also; for though one may have more excellent gifts than another, or a larger measure of grace; one righteous man may have more faith than another, yet not more righteousness; every truly righteous man is justified by the same righteousness, even the righteousness of Christ; and therefore one cannot be more excellent, considered as righteous: but the righteous is more excellent than his... read more