Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
Additional Resources
Referenced Verses
- Job 4:8 : 8 Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Job 5:27 : 27 Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”
- Job 15:17 : 17 “I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,
- Eccl 8:9-9 : 9 While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm. 10 Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma. 11 When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
- Ps 37:25 : 25 I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.
- Ps 107:42 : 42 When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.
- Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, 8 yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat. 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man. 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; 13 he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; 14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times. 15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy. 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
- Prov 6:32 : 32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.
- Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.
- Prov 12:11 : 11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
- Eccl 4:1-8 : 1 Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors. 2 So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive. 3 But better than both is the one who has not been born and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth. 4 Labor Motivated by Envy Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless– like chasing the wind. 5 The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh. 6 Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind. 7 Labor Motivated by Greed So I again considered another futile thing on earth: 8 A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments,“For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is futile and a burdensome task!
- Eccl 7:15 : 15 Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Prov 24:31-344 verses83%
31I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
32Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:
33“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
- 77%
19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
- 75%
13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
- Prov 26:13-164 verses75%
13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
14Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
15The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
- 75%
4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
- 75%
18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
- 74%
15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
- Prov 7:7-82 verses74%
7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.
8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
- 73%
24The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
- 73%
24The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
- 72%
9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
- 72%
27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
- 72%
25What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
- Prov 6:9-102 verses72%
9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
- 72%
29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”
- 72%
11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
- Prov 6:6-72 verses72%
6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
- 72%
26Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- 71%
26But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?
- 71%
3I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.
- 71%
15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.
- 70%
4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- 70%
6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
- Isa 5:4-52 verses70%
4What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?
5Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
- 70%
4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
- 69%
7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.
- 69%
18“You say,‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.
- 69%
23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,
- 69%
27Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
- 69%
4Futility of Materialism I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.
- 68%
15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
- 68%
19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
- 68%
23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
- 68%
15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.
- 68%
9Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.
- 68%
11The Return to the VineyardsThe Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.
- 68%
2He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
- 68%
12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.
- 68%
21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.
- 68%
21For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!