Proverbs 15:19

New American Bible - revised edition

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge, but the path of the diligent is a highway.

Cross References

Psalm 25:12

Who is the one who fears the Lord? God shows him the way he should choose.

Psalm 27:11

Lord, show me your way; lead me on a level path because of my enemies.

Psalm 5:8

But I, through the abundance of your mercy, will enter into your house. I will bow down toward your holy sanctuary out of fear of you.

Proverbs 11:5

The justice of the honest makes their way straight, but by their wickedness the wicked fall.

Proverbs 15:18

The ill-tempered stir up strife, but the patient settle disputes.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son gives his father joy, but a fool despises his mother.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “A lion is outside; I might be slain in the street.”

Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; those who would safeguard their lives will avoid them.

Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!”

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;

Proverbs 8:9

All of them are straightforward to the intelligent, and right to those who attain knowledge.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word behind you: “This is the way; walk in it,” when you would turn to the right or the left.

Isaiah 35:8

A highway will be there, called the holy way; No one unclean may pass over it, but it will be for his people; no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray on it.

Isaiah 57:14

And I say: Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle from my people’s way.