Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
Here is, 1. The view which Solomon took of the field and vineyard of the slothful man. He did not go on purpose to see it, but, as he passed by, observing the fruitfulness of the ground, as it is very proper for travellers to do, and his subjects' management of their land, as it is very proper for magistrates to do, he cast his...
Commenting on Proverbs 24:30-34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; See Gill on Pro 6:11; and thy want as an armed man; irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter. Next: Proverbs Chapter 25
From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pro 6:10-11). Next: Proverbs Chapter 25