Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, 1 And nettles had covered the face thereof, 1 And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 1
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In Context
30I went by the field of the slothful, 1 And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 1
32Then I saw, and considered it well: 1 I looked upon it, and received instruction. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: 1 But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 1
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; 1 Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 1
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: 1 And drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. 1
Isaiah 5:5And now go to, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: 1 I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; 1 And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: 1
Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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 →