Verse 19

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
  • Num 14:1-3 : 1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping. 2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land! 3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?
  • Num 14:7-9 : 7 Said to all the children of Israel, This land which we went through to see is a very good land. 8 And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 9 Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.
  • Ps 5:8 : 8 Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way. 9 He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.
  • Prov 8:9 : 9 They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.