Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
In Context
18An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
Cross References
Numbers 14:1Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.
Psalms 5:8\5:7\But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.
Psalms 25:12If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
Proverbs 3:6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Proverbs 8:9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:19
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings. Anger strikes the fire which sets cities and churches into a flame: A wrathful man, with his peevish passionate reflections, stirs up strife, and sets people together by the ears; he gives occasion to others to quarrel, and takes the occasion that others give, though ever so trifling. When men carry their resentments too far, one quarrel still produces… Read the whole commentary →