Proverbs 15:19

American Standard Version (1901)

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for [the redeemed] : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein] .
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
  • Num 14:1-3 : 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
  • Num 14:7-9 : 7 and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Jehovah delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not against Jehovah, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
  • Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
  • Prov 8:9 : 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    79%

    13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

    14 [ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

    15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

  • Prov 12:26-28
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    78%

    26 The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

    27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.

    28 In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

  • Prov 22:5
    78%

    5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 24:30
    77%

    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 21:25
    77%

    25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9 He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    76%

    20 A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

    21 Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

    3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 13:4
    74%

    4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

    26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Prov 15:18
    74%

    18 A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:15
    73%

    15 Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 10:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

    17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 15:24
    72%

    24 To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12 A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

  • Prov 14:12
    72%

    12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 10:29
    72%

    29 The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6 Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

    6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 6:9
    72%

    9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  • Prov 21:8
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    8 The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15 The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Job 22:15
    71%

    15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9 [ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.