Proverbs 12:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.”
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“The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied <FI>with<Fi> bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 12:11 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Judges 9:4So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
- Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
- Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
- Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 9:16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Proverbs 13:23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
- Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Proverbs 20:13Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
- Proverbs 27:27You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
- Proverbs 28:19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Ephesians 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
- Titus 1:10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
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