Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Cross-reference
In Proverbs 6:6, the same exhortation to learn from the ant's diligence appears—both warn against laziness and encourage industry.
Proverbs 10:13 uses the same phrase 'void of understanding' and adds a rod for the back—directly reinforcing the fate of the lazy man.
Proverbs 10:4 directly states lazy hands bring poverty — the same lesson illustrated by the overgrown field here.
Proverbs 12:24 says laziness leads to forced labor — echoing the ruin seen in the neglected field here.
Proverbs 18:9 calls the slack worker a brother to one who destroys — the field's decay shows that destruction.
Proverbs 19:24 depicts the sluggard's extreme laziness at meals — the same character whose field is overgrown.
Proverbs 20:13 warns against loving sleep to avoid poverty — the same cause as the neglected vineyard here.
Proverbs 21:25 says the sluggard's desire kills him because he won't work — the field's ruin embodies that death.
In Proverbs 7:7, the sage observes a youth lacking sense — similar to observing the sluggard's neglect here.
Proverbs 23:21 links drowsiness to poverty — related to the sleep and neglect that ruined the field here.
In Ecclesiastes 10:18, the same principle applies: sloth leads to decay—here a leaking roof, there a neglected field.
Isaiah 56:10 describes lazy watchmen who love to slumber—mirroring the sluggard's neglect that leads to an overgrown field.
Romans 12:11 directly opposes the sluggard's laziness by commanding fervent zeal in serving the Lord—a clear contrast.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 enforces the same work ethic: those unwilling to work should not eat, reinforcing the condemnation of sloth seen here.
Hebrews 6:12 warns against being sluggish, using the same Greek root for sloth—an explicit call to avoid the laziness that ruins the field.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 describes the fool folding his hands in idleness—directly echoing the laziness that causes the field to be overgrown.