Verse 11

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but those who chase fantasies lack sense.

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  • Prov 28:19 : 19 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 We did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. Instead, we worked with toil and hardship night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Without oxen, the manger is empty, but abundant harvests come through the strength of an ox.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead, he must labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and with it Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men who followed him.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I do not sit with deceitful people, nor do I associate with hypocrites.
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your servant girls.
  • Prov 9:13 : 13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 "Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Cast your lot among us; we will all have one purse. 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths, 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain is the net spread in sight of any bird, 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives. 19 Such are the ways of everyone who gains unjust profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. 15 Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 An abundance of food may come from the land of the poor, but it is sometimes swept away for lack of justice.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer rose to You, to Your holy temple.