Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man,
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me.” I will repay each one according to his work.
Cross References
Job 5:27Behold, this is just as we have found it, which you have heard; walk it through your mind.
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.
Proverbs 13:4The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.
Ecclesiastes 7:15In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has established the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him.
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 →