Proverbs 24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, 1 the ground was covered with nettles, 1 and its stone wall was broken down. 1
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In Context
30I went by the field of a lazy man, 1 past the vineyard of the man having no sense. 1
32Then I saw and considered it; 1 I looked and received instruction. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, 1 “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 1 and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 1 saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 1 cursed is the ground because of you; 1 through painful work you will eat from it all the days of your life. 1
Proverbs 13:4The appetite of lazy people craves but gets nothing, 1 but the appetite of diligent people will be richly satisfied. 1
Proverbs 20:4The lazy person does not plow in autumn; 1 he seeks a crop at harvest time but will have nothing. 1
Proverbs 23:21for the drunkard and the glutton become poor 1 and slumber will clothe them with rags. 1
Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will remove the hedge, 1 I will turn it into a pasture, I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down. 1
Jeremiah 4:3For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 1 'Plow your own ground, 1 and do not sow among thorns.
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 →