Proverbs 24:31

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Summary

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

It

Hebrews 6:8

And the

Ecclesiastes 10:18

General references

Proverbs 19:24

Proverbs 21:25

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Bible References

It

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

let thistles grow up unto me instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

but that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose end shall be by fire.

And the

The fear of the LORD is unto life, and he that has it shall live satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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

The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.

By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.

General references

The slothful man hides his hand in his bosom and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.

By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.