Proverbs 24:30
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Berean Standard Bible
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
29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Cross References
Job 5:27Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Psalms 37:25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 7:15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long 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 →