Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. New Living Translation A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers, but the path of the upright is an open highway. English Standard Version The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway. Berean Standard Bible The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. King James Bible The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. New King James Version The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway. New American Standard Bible The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. NASB 1995 The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. NASB 1977 The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. Legacy Standard Bible The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. Amplified Bible The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway. Christian Standard Bible A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway. Holman Christian Standard Bible A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge, but the path of the upright is a highway. American Standard Version The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The ways of the lazy are filled with sorrows and the ways of the upright are clear. Brenton Septuagint Translation The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth. Contemporary English Version A lazy person refuses to clear a thorny path, but everyone who does right walks on a smooth road. Douay-Rheims Bible The way of the slothful is as a hedge of thorns; the way of the just is without offence. English Revised Version The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: but the path of the upright is made an highway. GOD'S WORD® Translation The path of lazy people is like a thorny hedge, but the road of decent people is an [open] highway. Good News Translation If you are lazy, you will meet difficulty everywhere, but if you are honest, you will have no trouble. International Standard Version The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway. JPS Tanakh 1917 The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; But the path of the upright is even. Literal Standard Version The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, | And the path of the upright is raised up. Majority Standard Bible The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. New American Bible The way of the sluggard is like a thorn hedge, but the path of the diligent is a highway. NET Bible The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway. New Revised Standard Version The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway. New Heart English Bible The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. Webster's Bible Translation The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. World English Bible The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway. Young's Literal Translation The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath…18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. 19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway. 20A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.… Cross References Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute. Proverbs 15:20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. Proverbs 22:5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. Treasury of Scripture The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. ways of the slothful Proverbs 22:5,13 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them… Proverbs 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. Numbers 14:1-3,7-9 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night… the way of the righteous Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 8:9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. made plain Isaiah 57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. Jump to Previous Blocked Briers Hard Hater Hedge Hedged Highway Lazy Overgrown Patch Path Plain Raised Righteous Road Round Slothful Sluggard Thorn Thorns Upright Way Work WorkerJump to Next Blocked Briers Hard Hater Hedge Hedged Highway Lazy Overgrown Patch Path Plain Raised Righteous Road Round Slothful Sluggard Thorn Thorns Upright Way Work WorkerProverbs 15 1. A gentle answer turns away wrath(19) As a hedge of thorns.--Every difficulty in his path serves as an excuse for inaction (comp. Proverbs 22:13); while the upright man, who does his duty as in the sight of God, goes "from strength to strength" (Psalm 84:7), along the path of life smoothed for him (Isaiah 26:7), performing the "just works" appointed for him to do.Verse 19. - The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns. The indolent sluggard is always finding or imagining difficulties and hindrances in his path, which serve as excuses for his laziness. The word for "thorn" here is chedek. It occurs elsewhere only in Micah 7:4, where the Authorized Version has "briar;" but the particular plant intended is not ascertained. Most writers consider it to be some spinous specimen of the solanum. The word refers, it is thought, to a class of plants the name of one of which, at least, the miscalled "apple of Sodom," is well known in poetry, and is a proverbial expression for anything which promises fair but utterly disappoints on trial. "This plant, which is really a kind of potato, grows everywhere in the warmer parts of Palestine, rising to a widely branching shrub from three to five feet high; the wood thickly set with spines; the flower like that of the potato, and the fruit, which is larger than the potato apple, perfectly round, and changing from yellow to bright red as it ripens.... The osher of the Arab is the true apple of Sodom. A very tropical-looking plant, its fruit is like a large smooth apple or orange, and hangs in clusters of three or four together. When ripe, it is yellow, and looks fair and attractive, and is soft to the touch, but if pressed, it bursts with a crack, and only the broken shell and a raw of small seeds in a half-open pod, with a few dry filaments, remain in the hand" (Geikie, 'Holy Land and Bible,' 2:74, 117). Cato, 'Dist.,' 54:3, 5 - "Segnitiem fugito, quae vitae ignavia fertur; Hebrew The wayדֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of the sluggard עָ֭צֵל (‘ā·ṣêl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy is like a hedge כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת (kim·śu·ḵaṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4881: A hedge of thorns, חָ֑דֶק (ḥā·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2312: A prickly plant but the path וְאֹ֖רַח (wə·’ō·raḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan of the upright יְשָׁרִ֣ים (yə·šā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 3477: Straight, right is a highway. סְלֻלָֽה׃ (sə·lu·lāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 5549: To mound up, to exalt, to oppose Links Proverbs 15:19 NIVProverbs 15:19 NLT Proverbs 15:19 ESV Proverbs 15:19 NASB Proverbs 15:19 KJV Proverbs 15:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 15:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 15:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 15:19 French Bible Proverbs 15:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 15:19 The way of the sluggard is like (Prov. 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