Judgment

Proverbs 13:23  Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. 

‘Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.’ The poor may sow enough to have plenty of food, but lack of management often keeps them in poverty. They have very little foresight. When they get something they quickly spend it or have a big feast and then go without for a long time.

Sinners prosper through sin and cheating and many saints live in poverty partly because they do not seek unjust gain as sinners do. The ungodly steal, cheat, gain by every conceivable means and live off the labour and ignorance of the poor. The brewer lives off the society which he damns by his product. Thousands of the poor are robbed and forced to support him. The arrogant mistress lives in pleasure and sin while the virtuous girl toils in the sweatshop denying herself pleasure of sin because she has a hope of the future. Life is so inequitable and changeable. The wicked take advantage of the righteous and thousands cry for help, refusing to break God’s laws to get revenge. Justice demands that all men live again eternally that they might receive of the things done in the body whether they be good or bad (Matt. 10:41-42; 16:27; 19:28-30; Rom. 14:10; 1Cor. 3:11-15; 2Cor. 5:9-10; Heb. 9:27; Rev. 20:11-15).