Proverbs 24:30
¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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- Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
- Job 5:27 : 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
- Job 15:17 : 17 ¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that [which] I have seen I will declare;
- Eccl 8:9-9 : 9 ¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
- Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- Prov 6:6-9 : 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 ¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Prov 6:32 : 32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- Prov 10:13 : 13 ¶ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Prov 12:11 : 11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
- Eccl 4:1-8 : 1 ¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. 4 ¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better [is] an handful [with] quietness, than both the hands full [with] travail and vexation of spirit. 7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
- Eccl 7:15 : 15 All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
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31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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19 ¶ The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
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13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
14 ¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
15 ¶ The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth 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.
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4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
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18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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15 ¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
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24 ¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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24 ¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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9 ¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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27 ¶ The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
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25 ¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- Prov 6:9-102 verses72%
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
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11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
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6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
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26 ‹His lord answered and said unto him,› [Thou] ‹wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:›
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3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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4 ¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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6 They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
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4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
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4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
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18 ¶ He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
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27 ¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
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19 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
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23 ¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
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15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
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11 ¶ I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.
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2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
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12 ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
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21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
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21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.