Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
In Context
29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
31And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
Cross References
Job 5:27See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
Proverbs 13:4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Ecclesiastes 7:15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:29-30
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. We are here forbidden to be in any thing injurious to our neighbour, particularly in and by the forms of law, either, 1. As a witness: "Never bear a testimony against any man without cause, unless what thou sayest thou knowest to be punctually true and thou hast a clear call to testify it. Never bear a false testimony against… Read the whole commentary →