Proverbs 24:31

And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:

32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

Proverbs 13:4The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

Proverbs 20:4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

Isaiah 5:5dummy verses inserted by amos

Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon 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 →

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