Proverbs 24:32

When I had seen this, I laid it up in my heart, and by this example, I received discipline.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

31and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed.

33You will sleep a little,” I said. “You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11So may all of Israel, upon hearing this, be afraid, so that nothing like this will ever be done again.

Deuteronomy 32:29I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.’

Psalms 4:4And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

Luke 2:51And he descended with them and went to Nazareth. And he was subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all of these things happened to them as an example, and so they have been written for our correction, because the final age has fallen upon us.

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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