What does Proverbs 24:31 mean?

Proverbs 24:31 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 24:31 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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