By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.
Proverbs 12:11 - The Scriptures 2009 He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is lacking heart. 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. |
By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you return.
You shall eat the labour of your hands. Be blessed, and let it be well with you.
I have not sat with men of falsehood, Nor do I enter with pretenders.
He who walks with the wise, shall be wise, But the companion of fools suffers evil.
Much food is in the tillable ground of the poor, But lack of right-ruling sweeps it away.
In all labour there is profit, But talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean; But from the strength of an ox comes much increase.
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, be satisfied with bread.
And goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your girls.
He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is filled with poverty.
He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; He who does it destroys his own life.
And I saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man lacking heart,
“Who is simple? Let him turn in here.” And as for him who lacks heart, she says to him,
Leave the simple ones and live, And walk in the way of understanding.
“Those observing false worthlessnesses forsake their own loving-commitment.
Let him who stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, so that he has somewhat to share with those in need.
nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but worked with labour and toil night and day, in order not to burden any of you,
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Ba‛al-Berith, with which Aḇimeleḵ hired worthless and reckless men. And they followed him.