Proverbs 15:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Being lazy is like walking in a thorn patch, but everyone who does right walks on a smooth road.

Cross References

Psalm 25:12

You will show the right path to all who worship you.

Psalm 27:11

Teach me to follow, LORD, and lead me on the right path because of my enemies.

Psalm 5:8

You do what is right, and I ask you to guide me. Make your teaching clear because of my enemies.

Proverbs 11:5

If you are truly good, you will do right; if you are wicked, you will be destroyed by your own sin.

Proverbs 15:18

Losing your temper causes a lot of trouble, but staying calm settles arguments.

Proverbs 15:20

Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children are hateful to them.

Proverbs 22:13

Don't be so lazy that you say, “If I go to work, a lion will eat me!”

Proverbs 22:5

Crooks walk down a road full of thorny traps. Stay away from there!

Proverbs 26:13

Don't be lazy and keep saying, “There's a lion outside!”

Proverbs 3:6

Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow.

Proverbs 6:6

You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.

Proverbs 8:9

“If you have understanding, you will see that my words are just what you need.

Isaiah 30:21

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, you will hear a voice saying, “This is the road! Now follow it.”

Isaiah 35:8

A good road will be there, and it will be named “God's Sacred Highway”. It will be for God's people; no one unfit to worship God will walk on that road. And no fools can travel on that highway.

Isaiah 57:14

The LORD says, “Clear the road! Get it ready for my people.”