Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
Darby Translation
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 so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
Cross References
Job 5:27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:
Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
Proverbs 10:13In the lips of an intelligent [man] wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 13:4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Ecclesiastes 7:15All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
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 →