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Proverbs 24:31
31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall 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 a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. 32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction: 33— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
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 to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;
- Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a 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 bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end [is] to be burned.
- Proverbs 19:23The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life, and he [that hath it] shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.
- Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 22:13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.
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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