Commentary for Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the lazy man desires but has nothing His soul desires all good, but has nothing.

but the soul of the diligent shall be sated The upright who eat from the toil of their hands. This is its meaning according to its simple interpretation. According to its allegorical meaning, in the future he will see the glory of the Torah scholar and long for it, but he will not achieve it.