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Proverbs 10:26

Proverbs 10:26

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

Observe, 1. Those that are of a slothful disposition, that love their

ease and cannot apply their minds to any business, are not fit to be

employed, no, not so much as to be sent on an errand, for they will

neither deliver a message with any care nor make any haste back. Such

therefore are very unmeet to be ministers, Christ's messengers; he will

not own the sending forth of sluggards into his harvest. 2. Those that

are guilty of so great an oversight as to entrust such with any affair,

and put confidence in them, will certainly have vexation with them. A

slothful servant is to his master as uneasy and troublesome as vinegar

to the teeth and smoke to the eyes; he provokes his passion, as vinegar

sets the teeth on edge, and occasions him grief to see his business

neglected and undone, as smoke sets the eyes a weeping.

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