Proverbs 15:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
  • Num 14:1-3 : 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voices 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 to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?
  • Num 14:7-9 : 7 And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey. 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
  • Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will teach His way.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
  • Prov 8:9 : 9 They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:15
    80%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:13-16
    4 verses
    79%

    13The lazy man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

    14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy one turn upon his bed.

    15The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it back to his mouth.

    16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.

  • Prov 12:26-28
    3 verses
    78%

    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

    27The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Prov 22:5
    78%

    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Prov 24:30
    77%

    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

  • Prov 21:25
    77%

    25The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 18:9
    77%

    9He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:4
    74%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

    26As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 15:18
    74%

    18A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.

  • Prov 12:24
    74%

    24The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:15
    73%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    4The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 10:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path;

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 15:24
    72%

    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 14:12
    72%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 10:29
    72%

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 6:9
    72%

    9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

  • Prov 21:8
    72%

    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5He who is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him who is at ease.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

  • Prov 10:4
    71%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Job 22:15
    71%

    15Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden,

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.