Proverbs 24:30

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Proverbs 24:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

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Proverbs 6:6

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

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Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

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it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Proverbs 6:10

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 6:13

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

Proverbs 6:14

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

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As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Job 5:27

Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”

Job 15:17

Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,

Psalms 37:25

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

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The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

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Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.