It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
Proverbs 13:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice. American Standard Version (1901) Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice. Common English Bible A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away. Catholic Public Domain Version Much nourishment is in the fallow land of the fathers. But for others, it is gathered without judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment. |
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.
From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.