Proverbs 24:30

New English Translation

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

Cross References

Job 15:17

“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Job 5:27

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

Psalm 107:42

When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

Psalm 37:25

I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined.

Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Proverbs 13:4

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.