Proverbs 15:19
The path of the sluggard is like a place with a hedge of thorns, 1 but the path of the upright is a built-up highway. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
18An angry man stirs up arguments, 1 but a person who is slow to anger quiets a quarrel. 1
20A wise son brings joy to his father, 1 but a foolish person despises his mother. 1
Cross References
Numbers 14:1That night all the community wept loudly.
Psalms 5:8Oh Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies; 1 make your path straight before me. 1
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears Yahweh? 1 The Lord will instruct him in the way that he should choose. 1
Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge him 1 and he will make your paths straight. 1
Proverbs 8:9All of them are straight for the person who understands; 1 my words are upright for those who find knowledge. 1
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; 1 whoever guards his life will keep far from them. 1
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 →