Proverbs 24:32

Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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.

33The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to draw thee away from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 32:29They had not sense to understand: let them reserve these things against the time to come.

Psalms 4:4But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him.

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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