In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Proverbs 12:11 - Revised Standard Version He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: But he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding. American Standard Version (1901) He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding. Common English Bible Those who work their land will have plenty to eat, but those who engage in empty pursuits have no sense. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. |
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who is without sense she says,
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.
we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.