Proverbs 15:19
17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- KJV
- The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- WEB
- The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- ASV
- The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
- DARBY
- The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.
- BLB
- The way of the sluggish one [is] like a hedge of thorns, and the path of the upright is raised up.
- ÅB
- Den lates vei er som en tornehekk, men de oppriktiges vei er ryddet.
- OTB
- Den late persons vei er som en tornehekk, men de oppriktiges sti er en ryddet vei.
- B1930
- Den lates vei er som en tornehekk, men de opriktiges vei er ryddet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
Read in contextProverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Read in contextIsaiah 30:21
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Read in contextProverbs 26:13
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Read in contextNumbers 14:1–3
Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.
Read in contextProverbs 8:9
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
Read in contextPsalms 27:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
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