Proverbs 24:30

²⁸ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
KJV: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
WEB: I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
ASV: I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
DARBY: I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
BLB: Near the field of a lazy man I passed by, and near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

ÅB: Jeg kom gående forbi en lat manns mark, et uforstandig menneskes vingård,
OTB: Jeg gikk forbi en lat manns åker, ved vingården til en som mangler forstand;
B1930: Jeg kom gående forbi en lat manns mark, et uforstandig menneskes vingård,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 6:6–19
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Ecclesiastes 8:9–11
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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Job 4:8
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
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Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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Ecclesiastes 4:1–8
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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Psalms 37:25
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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