Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
Proverbs 28:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough. American Standard Version (1901) He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. Common English Bible Those who work the land will have plenty to eat, but those with worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty. |
Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.
They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the temple of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.