Proverbs 15:19
The way of lazy people is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the good is an open highway.
Free Bible Version
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
18Short-tempered people stir up trouble, but those slow to anger calm things down.
20A wise son makes his father happy, but a stupid man despises his mother.
Cross References
Numbers 14:1Then everybody there cried out loud all night.
Psalms 5:8Lead me, Lord, you who always does what is right, save me from my enemies. Make your way clear to me.
Psalms 25:12Who are those who respect the Lord? He will show them the path to choose.
Proverbs 3:6Remember him in everything you do, and he'll show you the right way.
Proverbs 8:9My words are straightforward to anyone with understanding; they are correct to those who have knowledge.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and traps lie in the path of crooked people; those who value their lives will stay away 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 →