Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fence » Hedge
Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,
Thy princes shall be as the locusts and thy captains as the great grasshoppers which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises, they flee away, and it is not known where they were.
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down:
He that digs a pit shall fall into it, and whosoever breaks a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and make a wall that she shall not find her paths.
Hedge » Of thorns
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
Hedges » Difficulty of breaking through
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
Laziness » Lazy people
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the negligent shall be under tribute.
The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.
I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it and received chastening. read more.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travels and thy want as an armed man.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travels and thy want as an armed man.
He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. He that gathers in summer is a wise son, but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour. There is one who covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and keeps on giving.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turns upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed. The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth. read more.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can give him counsel.
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey
And lift up thy rod and stretch out thy hand over the sea and divide it; and the sons of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Then thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, that ye not turn to the right hand and that ye not turn to the left hand.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will cause them to walk in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them.
For Pharaoh went in on horseback with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the sons of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
But the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan until all the people finished passing the Jordan; and all Israel passed on dry ground.