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Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
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Proverbs 24:30 in other translations
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
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In context
27 Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive 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.
30 I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
31 and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
33 — A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
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