Proverbs 24:30

Geneva Bible (1560)

I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.

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  • Job 4:8 : 8 As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
  • Job 5:27 : 27 Lo, thus haue we inquired of it, and so it is: heare this and knowe it for thy selfe.
  • Job 15:17 : 17 I will tell thee: heare me, and I will declare that which I haue seene:
  • Eccl 8:9-9 : 9 All this haue I seene, and haue giuen mine heart to euery worke, which is wrought vnder the sunne, and I sawe a time that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt. 10 And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie. 11 Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to doe euill.
  • Ps 37:25 : 25 I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see it, and reioyce, and all iniquitie shall stoppe her mouth.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise. 7 For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler, 8 Prepareth her meat in the sommer, & gathereth her foode in haruest. 9 Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe? 10 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe. 11 Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man. 12 The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers. 14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions. 15 Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie. 16 These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen: 17 The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe, 19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding wisdome is founde, and a rod shalbe for the backe of him that is destitute of wisedome.
  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
  • Eccl 4:1-8 : 1 So I turned and considered all the oppressions that are wrought vnder the sunne, and beholde the teares of the oppressed, and none comforteth them: and lo, the strength is of the hand of them that oppresse them, & none comforteth them. 2 Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue. 3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne. 4 Also I beheld all trauaile, & all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie & vexation of spirit. 5 The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh. 6 Better is an handfull with quietnesse, then two handfuls with labour and vexation of spirit. 7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne. 8 There is one alone, & there is not a second, which hath neither sonne nor brother, yet is there none end of all his trauaile, neither can his eye be satisfied with riches: neither doeth he thinke, For whome doe I trauaile and defraude my soule of pleasure? this also is vanitie, and this is an euill trauaile.
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 (7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

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    31 And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.

    32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.

    33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

    34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13 The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.

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  • Prov 20:4
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  • Eccl 10:18
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    18 By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

  • Prov 7:7-8
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    7 And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,

    8 Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,

  • Prov 19:24
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  • Prov 12:24
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    24 The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

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    9 He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

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    27 The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious.

  • Prov 21:25
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    25 The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.

  • Prov 6:9-10
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    9 Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

    10 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

  • Prov 24:29
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    11 He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.

  • Prov 6:6-7
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    6 Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

    7 For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,

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    26 As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.

  • Matt 25:26
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    4 What coulde I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it bringeth foorth wilde grapes?

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  • Prov 14:7
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    7 Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.

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