Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw and considered it; 1 I looked and received instruction. 1

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In The King James Version

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

In Context

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

33A little sleep, a little slumber, 1 a little folding of the hands to rest— 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11All Israel will hear and fear, and will not continue to do this kind of wickedness among you.

Deuteronomy 32:29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, 1 that they would consider their coming fate! 1

Psalms 4:4Tremble in fear, but do not sin! 1 Meditate in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah 1

Luke 2:51Then he went back home with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples for us. They were written for our instruction—for us on whom the end of the ages has come.

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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