23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
23 Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor, or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.
23 Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.
23 A poor person's farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 13:23
Commentary on Proverbs 13:23
(Read Proverbs 13:23)
The poor, yet industrious, thrive, though in a homely manner, while those who have great riches are often brought to poverty for want of judgment.