Proverbs 24:30
I walked past the field of a lazy man, past a vineyard of someone with no sense.
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In The King James Version
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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Cross References
Job 5:27Look, we've examined it, and it's true! Listen to what I'm saying and apply it to yourself!”
Psalms 37:25Once I was young, and now I've grown old, yet I've never seen those who do right abandoned, nor their children having to beg for bread.
Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Proverbs 10:13Wisdom comes from people with good judgment, but stupid people are punished with a rod.
Proverbs 13:4Lazy people want a lot, but get nothing; if you work hard you'll be well rewarded.
Ecclesiastes 7:15Throughout my life I've seen so much that is hard to understand. Good people who die young despite doing what is right, and wicked people who live long evil lives.
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 →