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Verse Proverbs 24:30. _I WENT BY THE FIELD OF THE SLOTHFUL_] This is a
most instructive _parable_; is exemplified every day in a variety of
forms; and is powerfully descriptive of the _state_ of many...
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The chapter ends with an apologue, which may be taken as a parable of
something yet deeper. The field and the vineyard are more than the
man’s earthly possessions. His neglect brings barrenness or
des...
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CHAPTER 24 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED
In the final instructions of this chapter we find first a description
of the evil men. Their heart studieth destruction; their lips talk
mischief. This theme is repea...
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SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 24:23.
This section constitutes the second division of the Sayings of the
Wise, as Proverbs 24:23 a indicates. It contains a short collection of
sayings varying in form and...
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The Sluggard's Vineyard. Comp. Proverbs 6:6-11, and notes....
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DISCOURSE: 808
THE SLUGGARD’S VINEYARD
Proverbs 24:30. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the
vineyard of the man void of understanding: and, lo, it was all grown
over with thorns, and nettle...
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TEXT Proverbs 24:23-34
23.
These also are sayings of the wise.
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
24.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,
Peoples shall curse him,...
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5. Read, 'A wise man is better than a warrior, and a man of knowledge
than a man of strength.'...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 24
V1 Do not be jealous of evil men.
Do not try to meet them.
V2
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There ought to be crops in this field. But the lazy man did not sow
any seed.
There ought to be food in this garden. But the lazy man did not look
after the food plants.
Now the garden is wild. Now...
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I WENT BY THE FIELD OF THE SLOTHFUL... — The parable of the vineyard
let out to husbandmen for them to render the fruits in due season
(Matthew 21:33), and of the thorns which choked the word (_ibid.,...
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עַל ־שְׂדֵ֣ה אִישׁ ־עָצֵ֣ל
עָבַ֑רְתִּי וְ עַל
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CHAPTER 25
FORGIVING
"Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not
with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I
will render to the man according to hi...
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Warnings are uttered against envy, against the formation of evil
companionships, against excess in passion, against all false
exhilaration; and perperpetual attention to wisdom and earnest
endeavor to...
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_Man. Those who neglected their land were despised. (Calmet) --- The
ancient Romans esteemed agriculture as a most laudible and profitable
employment. (Cato, Rust. i.; Cicero, Off. i.)_...
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Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field;
and afterwards build thine house. Be not a witness against thy
neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I
wi...
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_THE FIELD OF THE SLUGGARD_
‘I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding; and, Io, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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I WENT BY THE FIELD OF THE SLOTHFUL,.... This very probably was a real
matter of fact; King Solomon's way lay at a certain time by the field
of a slothful man, who never went into it himself, there be...
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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man
void of understanding;
Ver. 30. _I went by the field of the slothful._] Not purposely to spy
faults - for _Nemo curiosus quin malev...
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_I went by the field of the slothful_ For the counsel intended to be
conveyed by this paragraph, see note on Proverbs 6:6. _I looked upon
it and received instruction_ I learned wisdom by his folly, an...
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V. 30. I WENT BY THE FIELD OF THE SLOTHFUL, where he could well
observe the effect of sloth, AND BY THE VINEYARD OF THE MAN VOID OF
UNDERSTANDING, one too lazy to work because he lacked in wisdom;...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Proverbs 24:30 went H5674 (H8804) field H7704 lazy H6102 man H376
vineyard H3754 man H120 devoid H2638 understand
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Proverbs 24:30
I. The scene shows that if we will not have flowers and fruits, we
shall certainly have thorns and nettles.
II. The scene shows that the sluggard and the fool cannot hide the
results...
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CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: If wicked people prosper, we should not be inclined to do
as they do, nor complain of what God does in His provide...
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Proverbs 24:1. _Be not envious against evil men._ Similar thoughts
occur in Psalms 37:1; Psalms 73; Proverbs 17:1. Why should we envy the
wicked? We are all g
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_I went by the field of the slothful._
THE MORAL SLUGGARD
Take these words as a pointed reproof of the negligent and immoral
head of a family. The cause of prevailing irreligion is the deplorable
ne...
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LAZYBONES
I went by the field of the slothful... And, lo, it was all grown over
with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone
wall thereof was broken down. Proverbs 24:30-31....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:23 Further Sayings of “the Wise.”
(See note on 22:17–24:22.) These sayings are grouped in a parallel
fashion, as follows:...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 24:30 These verses illustrate how proverbs
are applied. Upon walking by a FIELD and VINEYARD that has fallen into
ruin through laziness (vv....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 24:30_
THE SLUGGARD’S VINEYARD
I. WE HAVE HERE A PRECIOUS POSSESSION IN THE HANDS OF AN UNWORTHY
PROPRIETOR. A vineyard is not a heritage of little or no...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 24:1
We return here to the more usual form, the tetrastich. BE NOT THOU
ENVIOUS AGAINST EVIL MEN (see on Proverbs 23:17, where a similar
warning is given, and comp....
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Again, he continues in twenty-four in putting them together in
couplets or in phrases.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For
their heart studies destruction, and their...
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Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:9; Job 15:17;...