Proverbs 12:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 12:11 Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Psalm 128:2

You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with false men, nor do I consort with dissemblers;

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:23

The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 27:27

there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:7

and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who is without sense she says,

Proverbs 9:6

Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Jonah 2:8

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

Judges 9:4

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.