Proverbs 24:30

A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.

Brenton Septuagint

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, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

31If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; + 24:31 Gr. grass.and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

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Cross References

Job 5:27Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.

Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

Proverbs 10:13He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the + 10:13 Lit. heartless man, Hebraism.fool with a rod.

Proverbs 13:4Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in 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 →

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