Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of a lazy man, 1 past the vineyard of the man having no sense. 1

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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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29Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; 1 I will pay him back for what he has done.” 1

31Thorns had grown up everywhere, 1 the ground was covered with nettles, 1 and its stone wall was broken down. 1

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Cross References

Job 5:27See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; 1 listen to it, and know it for yourself.”

Psalms 37:25I was young and now am old; 1 I have never seen the righteous person abandoned 1 or his children begging for bread. 1

Proverbs 6:6Look at the ant, you lazy person, 1 consider her ways, and be wise. 1

Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of a discerning person, 1 but a rod is for the back of the one who has no sense. 1

Proverbs 13:4The appetite of lazy people craves but gets nothing, 1 but the appetite of diligent people will be richly satisfied. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen many things in my meaningless days. 1 There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness, 1 and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil. 1

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 →

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