Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.


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    Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

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    Proverbs 20:4 - The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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    Proverbs 22:13 - The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

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    Micah 7:4 - The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.

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    Proverbs 12:24 - The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

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    Hebrews 6:8 - but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

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    Proverbs 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

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    Proverbs 12:27 - 28 - The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized. In the way of righteousness is life; in its path there is no death.

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    Proverbs 19:24 - The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

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    Matthew 7:16 - By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

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  • Matthew Henry - 12/1/2011*
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    Those who have no heart to their work, pretend that they cannot do their work without hardship and danger. And thus many live always in doubt about their state, because always in neglect of some duty.



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