Proverbs 24:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I once walked by the field and the vineyard of a lazy fool.

Cross References

Job 15:17

Just listen to what I know, and you will learn

Job 4:8

In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble,

Job 5:27

Our experience has proved these things to be true, so listen and learn.

Psalm 107:42

You will see this because you obey the LORD, but everyone who is wicked will be silenced.

Psalm 37:25

As long as I can remember, good people have never been left helpless, and their children have never gone begging for food.

Proverbs 10:13

If you have good sense, it will show when you speak. But if you are stupid, you will be beaten with a stick.

Proverbs 12:11

Hard working farmers have more than enough food; daydreamers are nothing more than stupid fools.

Proverbs 13:4

No matter how much you want, laziness won't help a bit, but hard work will reward you with more than enough.

Proverbs 6:32

But if you go to bed with another man's wife, you will destroy yourself by your own stupidity.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Some people are too lazy to fix a leaky roof— then the house falls in.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, and I have seen criminals live to a ripe old age.