Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
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- Job 4:8 : 8 What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
- Job 5:27 : 27 See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.
- Job 15:17 : 17 Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:
- Eccl 8:9-9 : 9 All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction. 10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose. 11 Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
- Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.
- Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.
- Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise: 7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting. 9 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: 11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man 12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words; 13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers; 14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts. 15 For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him. 16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him: 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause; 18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin; 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
- Prov 6:32 : 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
- Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.
- Prov 12:11 : 11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
- Eccl 4:1-8 : 1 And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter. 2 So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life. 3 Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun. 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind. 5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food. 6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind. 7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun. 8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
- Eccl 7:15 : 15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.
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31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.
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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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13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
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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.
16 The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
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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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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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15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
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7 I saw among the young men one without sense,
8 Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,
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24 The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
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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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9 He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
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27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
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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 How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
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11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
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6 Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
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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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26 But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
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3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.
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15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
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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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6 They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
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4 Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?
5 And now, this is what I will do to my vine-garden: I will take away the circle of thorns round it, and it will be burned up; its wall will be broken down and the beasts of the field will go through it;
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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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7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
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18 They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
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23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
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27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
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4 I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
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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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19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
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23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
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15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
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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.
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11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the green plants of the valley, and to see if the vine was in bud, and the pomegranate-trees were in flower.
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2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
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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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21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
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21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.