Proverbs 24:31
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
Proverbs 13:4A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Isaiah 5:5And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not 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 →