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. Or, if slothful
deceitful men have taken any thing by hunting (as sportsmen are seldom
men of business), yet they do not roast it when they have taken it;
they have no comfort in the enjoyment of it; perhaps God in his
providence cuts them short of it. 2. That which may make us in love
with industry and honesty, that the substance of a diligent man, though
it be not great perhaps, is yet precious. It comes from the blessing of
God; he has comfort in it; it does him good, and his family. It is his
own daily bread, not bread out of other people's mouths, and therefore
he sees God gives it to him in answer to his prayer.