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Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
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Proverbs 24:31 in other translations
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
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In context
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor 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.
30 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 of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it], [and] received instruction.
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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