Proverbs 24:30 Cross References - ISV

³⁰ I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

⁸ It’s been my experience that those who plow the soil of iniquity and those who sow the seed of trouble will reap their harvest!

²⁷ “Look! We have thought all this through, and what we’ve said is true; So please listen and learn for your own good!”

¹⁷ Eliphaz Describes the Plight of the Wicked“I’ll tell you what, listen to me! Let me relate what I’ve seen,

²⁵ I once was young and now I am old, but I have not seen a righteous person forsaken or his descendants begging for bread.

⁴² The upright see it and rejoice, but the mouth of an evil person is shut.

⁶ The Folly of LazinessGo to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. ⁷ It has no commander, officer, or ruler, ⁸ but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest. ⁹ How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ¹¹ and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.
¹² The Folly of Causing StrifeA worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, ¹³ winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers, ¹⁴ planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord. ¹⁵ Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover.
¹⁶ What God HatesHere are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, are detestable to him: ¹⁷ Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; ¹⁸ a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness, ¹⁹ a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

³² Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.

¹³ Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

¹¹ Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat, but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.

¹ On the Abuse of AuthorityNext I turned to consider all kinds of oppression that exists on earth. Look at the tears of the oppressed— there is no one to comfort them. Power is on the side of their oppressors; so they have no comforters.
² So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive. ³ Better than both of them is someone who has not yet been born, because he hasn’t experienced evil on earth. ⁴ Then I examined all sorts of work, including all kinds of excellent achievements that create envy in others. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind. ⁵ The fool crosses his arms and starves himself. ⁶ It’s better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind.
⁷ On Aloneness and CompanionshipThen I turned to re-examine something else that is pointless on earth: ⁸ Consider someone who is alone, having neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his work, and he is never satisfied with wealth. “So for whom do I work,” he asks, “and deprive myself of pleasure?” This, too, is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

¹⁵ I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.

⁹ I observed all this, and carefully considered everything that is undertaken on earth, especially the time when someone dominates another to his detriment. ¹⁰ So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.
¹¹ The Wisdom of Fearing GodWhenever a sentence for a crime is not carried out swiftly, the human mind becomes determined to commit evil.