"And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, {and} nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was b…" — Proverbs 24:31

Proverbs 24:31 · 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.”

— Proverbs 24:31

Verse 30

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

Verse 32

Then I saw, {and} considered {it} well: I looked upon {it, and} received instruction. {considered...: Heb. set my heart}

Proverbs 24 — Context

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, {and} nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Then I saw, {and} considered {it} well: I looked upon {it, and} received instruction. {considered...: Heb. set my heart}

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Cross References

Isaiah 5:5

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; {and} break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: {trodden...: Heb. for a treading}

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Jeremiah 4:3

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe {a man} with rags.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Hebrews 6:8

But that which beareth thorns and briers {is} rejected, and {is} nigh unto cursing; whose end {is} to be burned.