Proverbs 15:19
Lazy people constantly have difficulties [MET]; it is as though they are walking through thorns; but those who are honest and hard-working will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking on a level highway [MET].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 14:1That night, all the Israeli people cried loudly.
Psalms 5:8Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly what you want me to do.
Psalms 25:12To all those who revere you [RHQ], you show them the ◄right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do►.
Proverbs 3:6Always allow him to lead you. If you do that, he will ◄show you the right path/direct your life►.
Proverbs 8:9My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right.
Proverbs 22:5Because of the things that wicked people do, they have difficulties/troubles that will be like thorns and traps on the roads that they walk on [MET]; people who are careful/cautious will be able to stay away from those difficulties.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:19
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings. Anger strikes the fire which sets cities and churches into a flame: A wrathful man, with his peevish passionate reflections, stirs up strife, and sets people together by the ears; he gives occasion to others to quarrel, and takes the occasion that others give, though ever so trifling. When men carry their resentments too far, one quarrel still produces… Read the whole commentary →