Proverbs 24:30-34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

I went by the field of the slothful For the counsel intended to be conveyed by this paragraph, see note on Proverbs 6:6-11. I looked upon it and received instruction I learned wisdom by his folly, and by his gross idleness was provoked to greater care and diligence.

Proverbs 24:30-34

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 thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32 Then I saw, and considered it well:e 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 travelleth; and thy wantf as an armed man.