Verse 19

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.