Proverbs 24:30

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

31And lo! there had come up all over it—thorns, there had covered the face thereof—thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

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Cross References

Job 5:27Lo! as for this, we have searched it out—so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.

Psalms 37:25Young, have I been, moreover am old,—Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

Proverbs 10:13In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

Proverbs 13:4The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

Ecclesiastes 7:15Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity,—Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.

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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