Proverbs 24:31

I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall around the garden had ◄collapsed/fallen down►.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

30One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.

32When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:

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Cross References

Genesis 3:17Then Yahweh said to the man, “You heeded what your wife said, and you ate some of the fruit of the tree concerning which I commanded you saying, ‘Do not eat it.’ So I will make it difficult to grow things in the ground because of what you did. You will have to work hard as long as you live to produce things from the ground to eat.

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.

Proverbs 20:4If a lazy man does not plow his fields at the right/proper time, he will look for crops at harvest time, but there will be nothing there.

Proverbs 23:21because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will soon ◄be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes►.

Isaiah 5:5So, I will now tell you what I will do to Judah, the place that is like my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls of the cities and allow wild animals to trample the land.

Jeremiah 4:3This is what Yahweh says to the people of Jerusalem and the other cities in Judah: “ Prepare yourselves to receive my messages like farmers plow up hard ground in order that they can plant seed in it. Just as farmers do not waste good seed by sowing seeds among thorny plants, I do not want to waste my time telling you messages that you are not ready to receive.

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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