Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fence » Hedge
Hear another parable. There was a certain housemaster who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it to vinedressers, and went into a far country.
Your rulers are like the locusts, and your officials are a swarm of locusts that camp in the hedges in the cold day; the sun rises, and they flee, and the place where they are is not known.
And now 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 trampled down;
He who digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a hedge, a snake shall bite him.
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Therefore behold, I will hedge your way with thorns, and wall up her wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Hedge » Of thorns
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Hedges » Difficulty of breaking through
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Laziness » Lazy people
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.
Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.
The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction. read more.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.
He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich. He who gathers in summer is a wise son; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work. He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous gives and spares not.
The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the lazy man turn upon his bed. The lazy man 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 eyes than seven men who can give a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a reason.
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey
But lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it. And the sons of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. I will do these things to them, and not forsake them.
For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought again the waters of the sea upon them. But the sons of Israel went on dry land in the middle of the sea.
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan. And all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had passed completely over Jordan.