Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
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- 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.
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15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
15 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
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26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
28 In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.
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5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.
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30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
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25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
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9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
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20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
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2 Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
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4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
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26 Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
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19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
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18 An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.
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24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
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18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
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20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
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15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
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4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
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16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.
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15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
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9 He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.
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29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
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15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
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17 The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.
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24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
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12 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
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12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
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29 The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.
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6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
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9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
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15 The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.
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4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?
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9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.