Verse 23

Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.
  • Eccl 8:5-6 : 5 Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth. 6 For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah. 8 How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes. 9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they? 10 Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, 24 For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. 25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. 26 Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats, 27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
  • Prov 12:14 : 14 From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; 7 Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, 8 She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. 9 Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, 11 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.