Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
32And I see — I — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 20:4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 23:21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Isaiah 5:5And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.
Jeremiah 4:3For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the 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 →