Proverbs 24:30
I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), 1 and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev ), + 24:30 of understanding 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Job 5:27Hinei zot, this we have searched out, so it is; 1 hear it, and apply thou it for thy good.
Psalms 37:25I have been na'ar (young), 1 and now am old; yet I have not seen the tzaddik forsaken, 1 nor his zera begging lechem. 1
Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1
Proverbs 10:13In the sfatayim (lips) of him that hath understanding 1 chochmah is found, 1 but a shevet (rod) is for the back of him 1 that is devoid of lev. + 10:13 understanding 1
Proverbs 13:4The nefesh of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) desireth, and hath nothing, 1 but the nefesh of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall have ample provision. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:15All things have I seen in the yamim of my hevel; there is a tzaddik that perisheth in his tzedakah, and there is a rasha that prolongeth his life in his ra'ah.
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 →