Proverbs 24:31
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And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

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Genesis 3:17-19 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . .

Job 31:40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.

Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns:

Matthew 13:7,22 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them. . . .

Hebrews 6:8 But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt.

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Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil.

Proverbs 20:4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Proverbs 23:21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: 31And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:18
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

Job 30:7
They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.

Proverbs 24:32
Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

Isaiah 5:5
And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down.

Lexicon
Thorns
קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים (qim·mə·śō·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2738: Pointed, a bramble, other thorny weed

had grown up
עָ֘לָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

everywhere,
כֻלּ֨וֹ ׀ (ḵul·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

thistles
חֲרֻלִּ֑ים (ḥă·rul·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7063: A prickly plant

had covered
כָּסּ֣וּ (kās·sū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

the ground,
פָנָ֣יו (p̄ā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and the stone
אֲבָנָ֣יו (’ă·ḇā·nāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

wall
וְגֶ֖דֶר (wə·ḡe·ḏer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1444: A circumvallation

was broken down.
נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ (ne·hĕ·rā·sāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy


Additional Translations
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
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