Proverbs 24:31

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. 2 Its surface was covered with nettles, 2 and its stone wall was broken down. 1

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And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

In Context

30I went by the field of the sluggard, 2 by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 1

32Then I saw, and considered well. 2 I saw, and received instruction: 1

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17To Adam [Human, Red earth] he said, 1 “Because you have sh'ma ·hear obey· your wife’s voice, 2 and ate from the tree, 2 about which I enjoined you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ 2 the ground is cursed for your sake. 1 You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. 2

Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, 2 but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied. 1

Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; 2 therefore he shall begin harvest, and have nothing. 1

Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; 2 and drowsiness clothes them in rags. 1

Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. 2 I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. 2 I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down. 1

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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