Proverbs 24:31
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְבָה
rᵉbâh
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
חָרוּל
chârûwl
properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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