Bible verse
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Proverbs 24:30 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 24.
26 An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
KJV
I went by the field of the slothful, and 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;
ERV
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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