Proverbs 24:32
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
BSB
ASV
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
KJV
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Then I saw, and considered it well,.... Or, "when I saw, I considered it well"; or "set my heart it" (z); when he saw as he passed along the field and the vineyard, he, considered who was the owner and proprietor of them; what a sluggish and foolish man he was, and what a ruinous condition his field and vineyard were in.
1834–1892
NO DOUBT Solomon was sometimes glad to lay aside the robes of State, escape from the forms of court and go through the country unknown. On one occasion, when he was doing so, he looked over the broken wall of a little estate which belonged to a farmer of his country. This estate consisted of a piece of plowed land and a vineyard. One glance showed him that it was owned by a sluggard who neglected it, for the weeds had grown right plentifully and covered all the face of the ground. From this Solomon gathered instruction.
1834–1892
THIS lazy man did no hurt to his fellow men—he was not a thief, nor a ruffian, nor a meddler in anybody else's business. He did not trouble himself about other men's concerns, for he did not even attend to his own—it required too much exertion. He was not grossly vicious. He had not energy enough to care for that. He was one who liked to take things easily. He always let well enough alone and, for the that matter, he let ill alone, too, as the nettles and the thistles in his garden plainly proved!
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Corinthians 10:11Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
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For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
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“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
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1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
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In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal…
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Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.