Proverbs 24:31
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Related Verses
“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.”
“The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.”
“The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.”