Proverbs 24 · Verse 32

Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs 24:32, King James Version

Proverbs 24:32 in other translations

BSBI observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
WEBThen I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
ASVThen I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
YLTAnd I see--I--I do set my heart, I have seen--I have received instruction,
DARBYThen I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
BBEThen looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.
WebsterThen I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

What does Proverbs 24:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:32-34
32-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:30-34

See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's…

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Proverbs 24:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣הva.'e.che.Zehand I sawH2372
אָ֭נֹכִֽי'A.no.khiIH595
אָשִׁ֣ית'a.ShitI setH7896
לִבִּ֑יli.Biheart myH3820
רָ֝אִ֗יתִיra.'I.tiI sawH7200
לָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiI receivedH3947
מוּסָֽר\׃mu.SarinstructionH4148

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 24:32

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

  • Deuteronomy 21:21

    And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Luke 2:51

    And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:6

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

  • Job 7:17

    What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

  • Deuteronomy 13:11

    And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

  • Jude 1:5-7

    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  • Luke 2:19

    But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

  • Psalms 4:4

    Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
considered it. Heb. set my heart.
Job 7:17; Ps 4:4; Lu 2:19,51
I looked.
De 13:11; 21:21; 32:29; 1Co 10:6,11; Jude 1:5-7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 24:31

    And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

  • Proverbs 24:32

    Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

  • Proverbs 24:33

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Proverbs 24:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo miré, y púse lo en mi corazón: vi lo, y tomé consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je regardai, j’y appliquai mon cœur; je vis, et je reçus instruction.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich schaute es, ich richtete mein Herz darauf; ich sah es, empfing Unterweisung:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quod cum vidissem, posui in corde meo, et exemplo didici disciplinam.