Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fence » Hedge
Listen to another illustration. A master of a house made a vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to another country.
Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.
Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
He that digs a pit will fall into it. A serpent will bite whoever breaks through a hedge.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Behold, I (Jehovah) will fence her way with thorns. I will build a wall against her that she will not find her path.
Hedge » Of thorns
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Hedges » Difficulty of breaking through
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Laziness » Lazy people
The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
The lazy man desires and has nothing. The diligent man will be made rich.
Laziness propels one into a deep sleep. An idle person will suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent will bear rule. The lazy will be under forced labor.
The lazy man says: There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding. It was all grown over with thorns and nettles, and the wall of stone was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well. I looked on it, and received instruction: read more.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. Your poverty will come like a robber and your want like an armed man.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. Your poverty will come like a robber and your want like an armed man.
He becomes poor who deals with a lazy hand. The hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps at the harvest is a son who causes shame.
The desire of the lazy killed him for his hands refuse to work. He coveted greedily all the daylong, but the righteous gives and does not spare.
The lazy man says: There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man on his bed. The lazy man hides his hand in his bosom. It wearies him to lift it to his mouth. read more.
The lazy man is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can answer with good sense.
The lazy man is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can answer with good sense.
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey
As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. The sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land.
You will hear a voice behind you say: This is the way. Walk in it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.
When Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, Jehovah made the water of the sea flow back over them. The Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground.
The priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan River. All the Israelites passed over the Jordan River on dry ground.