Proverbs 13:23 - The Message

Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor, or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.

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Much food is in the tillage of the poor: But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away.

Much nourishment is in the fallow land of the fathers. But for others, it is gathered without judgment.

Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment.