Proverbs 24:30

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Summary

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Went

General references

Proverbs 19:24

Proverbs 21:25

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Bible References

Went

Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,

“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.
Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”

“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.

The upright see it and rejoice;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

I have seen everything during my [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives a long life in [spite of] his wickedness.

All this I have seen while applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has exercised power over others to their detriment.

General references

The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish,
But will not even bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the lazy kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor;

Through laziness the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sags, and through idleness [the roof of] the house leaks.