Proverbs 12:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹¹ The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: But he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Those who work their land will have plenty to eat, but those who engage in empty pursuits have no sense.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ 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.

Proverbs 12:11 Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will eat bread  by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.’

Proverbs 13:20

The one who walks with the wise will become wise, but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:23

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.

Proverbs 14:23

There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk  leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of an ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

Proverbs 27:27

there will be enough goat’s milk for your food – food for your household and nourishment for your female servants.

Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Proverbs 6:32

The one who commits adultery  lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:7

I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking sense.

Proverbs 9:13

Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

‘Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ’ To the one who lacks sense, she says,

Proverbs 9:6

Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.

Jonah 2:8

Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love,

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share  with anyone in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat  anyone’s food free of charge;  instead, we laboured  and toiled,  working  night and day, so that we would not be a burden  to any of you.

Judges 9:4

So they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith.  Abimelech used it to hire worthless and reckless men, and they followed him.