Proverbs 24:30
One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
Translation for Translators
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 5:27“My friends and I have thought carefully about these things, and we know that they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
Psalms 37:25I was young previously, and now I am an old man, but in all those years, I have never seen righteous/godly people being abandoned by Yahweh, nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food.
Proverbs 6:6You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants. Become wise from observing what they do.
Proverbs 10:13Those who have good sense say [MTY] what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished.
Proverbs 13:4People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything [HYP]. People who work hard will get all that they want.
Ecclesiastes 7:15During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of [HYP] things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die while they are still young, and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in spite of their continuing to be wicked.
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 →