Proverbs 15:19
The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne.
Bible (Bishops')
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
18An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.
20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:6In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
Proverbs 8:9They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge.
Proverbs 22:5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre 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 →