Proverbs 21:26

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

World English Bible
Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

BSB

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

KJV

He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

ASV

There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

BBE

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

Original Hebrew

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 25–26

Here is the misery of the slothful; their hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood; yet their hearts cease not to covet riches, pleasures, and honours, which cannot be obtained without labour. But the righteous and industrious have their desires satisfied.

Read Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21 →

Cross-references

9

Topics

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.