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Proverbs 24:31 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Proverbs 24:31 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 24 verse 31 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
Proverbs 24:31 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 24:31
This verse describes the neglected field's condition. 'And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns' (וְהִנֵּה עָלָה כֻלּוֹ קִמְּשֹׂנִים/vehineh alah kullo qimsonim, and behold, it was all overgrown with thistles) depicts what happens when cultivation ceases. 'And nettles had covered the face thereof' (חָרֻל כָּסוּ פָנָיו/charul kasu fanav, weeds covered its surface) intensifies the image of overtaken, ruined land. 'And the stone wall thereof was broken down' (וְגֶדֶר אֲבָנָיו נֶהֱרָסָה/vegeder avanav neherasah, and its stone fence was torn down) shows even protective structures falling to ruin....
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 24:31
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“and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it”
“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.”
“Break up your fallow ground”
“this is he who hears the word”
“For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”
“and have nothing.”
“Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.,And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;,וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּי־שָׁמַעְתָּ[c] לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃ ,And unto Adam He said: Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife”
“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
“then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.”
“it is rejected and near being cursed”