Proverbs 15:19

World English Bible (2000)

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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  • Prov 22:5 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
  • Prov 26:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
  • Isa 30:21 : 21 and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way. Walk in it."
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."
  • Num 14:1-3 : 1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 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 does Yahweh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: wouldn't it be better for us to return into Egypt?"
  • Num 14:7-9 : 7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. 8 If Yahweh 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 don't rebel against Yahweh, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Yahweh is with us. Don't fear them."
  • Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. 9 He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
  • Prov 8:9 : 9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 19:15
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    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    79%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

    14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

    15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

    16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.

  • Prov 12:26-28
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    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

    27 The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

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

  • Prov 22:5
    78%

    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 24:30
    77%

    30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 21:25
    77%

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

  • Prov 18:9
    77%

    9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Prov 15:20-21
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    76%

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

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Prov 22:13
    76%

    13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 19:24
    75%

    24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 19:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 13:4
    74%

    4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 10:26
    74%

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

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 15:18
    74%

    18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

  • Prov 12:24
    74%

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:15
    73%

    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 10:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

  • Prov 12:15
    73%

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

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 1:15
    73%

    15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

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

  • Prov 15:24
    72%

    24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

  • Prov 14:12
    72%

    12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 10:29
    72%

    29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

    5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 6:6
    72%

    6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 4:15
    72%

    15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 6:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 21:8
    72%

    8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5 In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.

  • Prov 10:4
    71%

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Job 22:15
    71%

    15 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

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