Proverbs 24:30 Cross References - LEB

³⁰ I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking _⌊sense_⌋;*

⁸ Just as I have seen, plowers of mischief and sowers of trouble will reap it.

²⁷ "Look, we have searched this out—it is true; hear it and know it _⌊yourself_⌋."*

¹⁷ "I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell*—

²⁵ I was a youth, but I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children _⌊begging for_⌋* bread.

⁴² The upright see it and are glad, and all wickedness shuts its mouth.

⁶ Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise. ⁷ It has no chief, officer, or ruler. ⁸ In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance. ⁹ How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest— ¹¹ like a _⌊robber_⌋* shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man. ¹² A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with _⌊deceitful speech_⌋.* ¹³ Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot, pointing in his fingers, ¹⁴ perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.* ¹⁵ Upon _⌊such a man_⌋,* suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.* ¹⁶ There are six things Yahweh hates, and seven things are abominations of his soul:* ¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil,* ¹⁹ a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord* between brothers.

³² He who commits adultery with a woman lacks _⌊sense_⌋,* he destroys himself* who does it.

¹³ On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who lacks _⌊sense_⌋.*

¹¹ He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks _⌊sense_⌋.*

¹ I looked again, and I saw all the oppression that occurs under the sun.
_⌊I saw the tears of the oppressed— no one comforts them! Those who oppress them are powerful— no one can comfort them_⌋!* ² So I deemed the dead who have already died more fortunate than the living who are still alive. ³ But better off than both of them is the one who has not yet been born and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun. ⁴ I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and _⌊another_⌋.* This also is vanity and chasing wind! ⁵ _⌊The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin_⌋!* ⁶ Better is one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind. ⁷ I turned again and saw another vanity under the sun. ⁸ Sometimes a man is all alone with no companion; he also has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eye is not satisfied with wealth. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving _⌊myself_⌋* of pleasure?" This also is vanity—it is an unhappy business!

¹⁵ I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in spite of his evil.

⁹ I saw all this as I applied my heart to all the deeds done under the sun: _⌊sometimes those in authority harm others_⌋.* ¹⁰ Meanwhile, I saw the wicked being honorably buried, but those who came and went from the holy place were forgotten in the city, even though they had done so. This also is vanity! ¹¹ Because sentence against an evil deed is not carried out quickly, the heart of _⌊humans_⌋* fills up within them to do evil.