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

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh to cursing; whose end is to be burned.

And the

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

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

The slothful man saith, 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 clothe a man with rags.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

General references

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.