Proverbs 24:32

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

Noyes Bible

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 overgrown with thorns, And the face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

33“A little sleep, a little slumber! A little folding of the hands to rest!”

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Cross References

Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin no more; Commune with your hearts upon your beds, and desist! [[Pause.]]

Luke 2:51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as warnings, and were recorded for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages have come.

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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