Proverbs 24

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  • 24:30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 2
  • 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work? 1
  • 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: 1
  • 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 1
  • 24:33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 1

American Standard Version

  1. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sluggard's Farm cites Proverbs 24:30–32

    …wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.” — Proverbs 24:30–32 (ESV) No doubt Solomon was sometimes glad to set aside his royal robes, escape the formal…

  2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Prov. 24:12

    …the Holy Bible, Matt. 25 at the latter end. See also Rom. 2:6, 13, Jer. 17:10, Job 34:11, Prov. 24:12, Jer. 32:19, Rev. 22:12, Matt. 16:27, Rev. 2:23, Ezek. 33:20, 1 Pet. 1:17. The Judge, at …

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Prov. 24:15

    …wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place.” [Prov. 24:15] It follows, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked sha…

  4. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Broken Fence cites Proverbs 24:30–32

    …e wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.” Proverbs 24:30–32 (ESV) This slothful man did no harm to his fellow men: he was not a thief, nor a ruffian,…

  5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Prov 24: 31

    …lth will dissolve, and the earth, like the sluggard’s field, will be overrun with briers. Prov 24: 31. Adam in innocence, though monarch of the world, must not be idle, but must dress and til…

  6. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Proverbs 24:33

    … sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.” (Proverbs 24:33, 34) The worst of sluggards only ask for a little slumber; they would be indignant if the…