Proverbs 24:32

Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

In Context

31And, 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.

33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall no more do any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

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 →

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