Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,

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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;

In Context

29Say not, “As he hath done to me, So will I do to him; I will render to the man according to his doings.”

31And, lo! it was all overgrown with thorns, And the face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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Cross References

Job 5:27Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!

Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his offspring begging bread.

Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard! Consider her ways, and be wise!

Proverbs 10:13Upon the lips of a man of understanding wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that lacketh understanding.

Proverbs 13:4The appetite of the sluggard longeth, and hath nothing; But the appetite of the diligent is fully satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 7:15All this have I seen in my days of vanity. There are righteous men who perish in their righteousness, and there are wicked men who live long in their wickedness.

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 →

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