Proverbs 24:30

I passed by the field of a slow man, and by the vinery of a fond man; (I passed by a lazy man’s field, and by a foolish person’s vineyard;)

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

In Context

29Say thou not, As he did to me, so I shall do to him, and I shall yield to each man after his work.

31and lo! nettles had filled all, thorns had covered the higher part thereof, and the wall of stones without mortar was destroyed.

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Cross References

Job 5:27Lo! this thing is so, as we have sought, (or Behold! we have sought out this (thing), and it is so); the which thing when thou hast heard (it), treat it in thy mind.

Psalms 37:25I was younger, and soothly I waxed eld; and I saw not a just man forsaken, neither his seed seeking bread. (I was young, and then I grew old; and I never saw a righteous person abandoned, nor his children seeking bread.)

Proverbs 6:6O! thou slow man (or O thou lazy one!), go to the ant; and behold thou his ways, and learn thou wisdom.

Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found in the lips of a wise man; and a rod in the back of him that is needy of heart. (Wisdom is found on the lips of the wise; and a rod on the back of him who is foolish.)

Proverbs 13:4A slow man will, and will not; but the soul of them that work shall be made fat. (A lazy person desireth, and desireth not; but those who do work shall prosper.)

Ecclesiastes 7:15Also I saw these things in the days of my nativity + 7:15 That is, (the days) of (this) present life, that passeth soon away, so it is not no but vanity (or so that they be but empty and futile).; a just man perisheth in his rightfulness, and a wicked man liveth much time in his malice. (And I have seen these things since the day of my birth or in all my empty and futile days; a righteous person perisheth in his righteousness, and a wicked person liveth a great deal of time in his malice.)

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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