Proverbs 24:32

Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Read all of Proverbs 24

Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.

Deuteronomy 32:29Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!

Psalms 4:4Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Luke 2:51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened to them [as] types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 24:32