John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 21:26
He coveteth greedily all the day long ,.... The slothful man does, as he has nothing to do to employ his time and his thoughts with; he is always craving something to eat and drink, or wishing he had such an estate, or so much wealth and riches, that he might live as such and such persons do; and this is what his head runs upon all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not ; not gives to the slothful, which does not restrain his desire, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but to the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:25-26
Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see Prov. 26:16. Soul, take thy ease. But really they are enemies to themselves; for, besides that their slothfulness starves them, depriving them of... read more