Proverbs Chapter 24 verse 30 Holy Bible
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
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I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 30-34. - A mashal ode concerning the sluggard (for similar odes, comp. Proverbs 7:41-23; Job 5:3-5; Psalm 37:35, etc.; Isaiah 5:1-6). Verse 30. - The field...the vineyard; the two chief objects of the farmer's care, which need constant labour if they are to prove productive. Moralizing on this passage, St. Gregory ('Moral.,' 20:54) says, "To pass by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, is to look into the life of any careless liver, and to take a view of his deeds."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(30) I went by the field of the slothful . . .--The parable of the vineyard let out to husbandmen for them to render the fruits in due season (Matthew 21:33), and of the thorns which choked the word (ibid., Proverbs 13:7), suggest a spiritual meaning for this passage. It warns us not to allow the weeds of evil habits to spring up in the garden of the soul through sloth, nor to suffer God's protecting care (the wall) to be withdrawn from us because we have not sought it constantly in prayer.
