Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
32Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Isaiah 5:5And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down.
Jeremiah 4:3For thus says LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34
The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →