Proverbs 13:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor: But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

Common English Bible

²³ A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ 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

²³ Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment.

Proverbs 13:23 Cross References

Psalm 112:5

A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Proverbs 12:11

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

Proverbs 12:14

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 27:18

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

Proverbs 28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Deuteronomy 21:4

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley.