Proverbs 12:27 (BSB)

A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.

From Proverbs 12. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 12:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 12:27: Here is, 1. That which may make us hate slothfulness and deceit, for the word here, as before, signifies both: The slothful deceitful man has roast meat, but that which he roasts is not what he himself took in hunting, no, it is what others took pains for, and he lives upon the fruit of their labours, like the drones in the hive.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 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.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 12:27: (Compare Pro 12:24). took in hunting--or, "his venison." He does not improve his advantages. the substance . . . precious--or, "the wealth of a man of honor is being diligent," or "diligence." precious--literally, "honor" (Ecc 10:1).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 12:27: The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious. (m) Although he gets much by unlawful means, yet he will not spend it on himself.