Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
Darby Translation
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
18A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
20A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Cross References
Numbers 14:1And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Psalms 5:8Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.
Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way [that] he should choose.
Proverbs 3:6in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
Proverbs 8:9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself 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 →