American Standard Version
Proverbs 24:31
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,The face thereof was covered with nettles,And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs 24:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- New International Version (NIV)thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.
Context of Proverbs 24:31
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Read all of Proverbs 24Proverbs 24:31 word by word
וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָ֘לָ֤ה כֻלּ֨וֹ׀ קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים כָּסּ֣וּ פָנָ֣יו חֲרֻלִּ֑ים וְגֶ֖דֶר אֲבָנָ֣יו נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 24:31
- Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- Matthew 13:7And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
- Hebrews 6:8but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
- Proverbs 19:23The fear of Jehovahtendethto life; And hethat hath itshall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.
- Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 22:13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:31
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-34Verses 30-34 See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's hearts; yet they compose…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-34Saying 5: Laziness and a love for sleep can lead to poverty (see Proverbs 10:4–5, 26; 12:11; 13:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4, 13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3130-31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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