Proverbs 24:32
As I looked I thought about it, and what I saw taught me a lesson:
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In The King James Version
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
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Deuteronomy 13:11Then every Israelite will hear about it and be afraid, and won't ever do such an evil thing among you.
Deuteronomy 32:29How I wish they were wise, so they could understand it; they would recognize what was going to happen to them.
Psalms 4:4Be in awe; do not sin. When you rest, reflect on this, and keep quiet! Selah.
Luke 2:51Then he went back with them to Nazareth, and did what he was told. His mother kept a careful note of everything that happened.
1 Corinthians 10:11All the things that happened to them are examples to us and were written down to warn us, we who are living close to the end of time.
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 →