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

He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.

Jehovah says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed fields, and do not plant among thorns.

Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.

And the

Respect for Jehovah leads to life. He who has it will be satisfied. He will not be visited by evil.

The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

The lazy man says: There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets.

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

By indolence the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house collapses.

General references

A lazy man hides his hand in the dish and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the lazy killed him for his hands refuse to work.

By indolence the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house collapses.