Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 15:19 in English Standard Version "The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway." Pr 19:24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. Pr 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. Pr 22:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” Jer 18:15 But my people have forgotten me; they make offerings to false gods; they made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient roads, and to walk into side roads, not the highway,