The hand of the diligent shall bear rule,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Pr 10:4; Through diligence men get riches, and through riches they arrive to power and authority over others: from apprentices and journeymen workmen they become masters of their business; diligent men become masters of families, and have servants and workmen under them; become magistrates in cities, and bear rule over their fellow citizens, and are advanced to places of power and authority in the commonwealth; see Pr 22:29;but the slothful shall be under tribute; the "slothful" or "deceitful hand" , for so it may be rendered and supplied; for usually such who are slothful, and do not care for business, get their living by deceitful methods, by tricking and sharping; and such become subject to others, to them that are diligent; hence said to be "under tribute", or tributary; because those that are tributary are in subjection to those to whom they pay tribute.
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Proverbs 12:24
Proverbs 12:24
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