Proverbs 24:31
And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
30I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
32Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Proverbs 13:4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
Proverbs 23:21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
Isaiah 5:5And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds 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 →