Proverbs 24:32

And when I had indeed beheld [this] I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

In Context

31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down.

33“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11(13:12) And all Israel shall hear it, and they shall be afraid, and they shall not do any more such a wicked deed as this is in the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 32:29If they were but wise, they would understand this, they would consider their latter end!

Psalms 4:4(4:5) Tremble, and sin not: commune with your heart upon your bed, and be still Selah.

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 →

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