Proverbs 15:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 A highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for for him who walks 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 delight 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 direct your paths.

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

  • Prov 26:13-16
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    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • Prov 21:25
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    25The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9One 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%

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

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

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

  • Prov 19:24
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    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; Nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

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

  • Prov 13:4
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    4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 10:26
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    26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Good understanding wins favor; But the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 10:16-17
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    73%

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

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

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

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

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

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

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Prov 21:5
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, 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 which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 6:9
    72%

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

  • Prov 21:8
    72%

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

  • Job 12:5
    71%

    5In 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%

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

  • Prov 10:4
    71%

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

  • Job 22:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 26:9
    71%

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