Proverbs 28:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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

¹⁹ 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)

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Those who work the land will have plenty to eat, but those with worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need.

Proverbs 28:19 Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

Judges 9:4

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, which followed him.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 24:34

So shall thy poverty come as a robber; And thy want as an armed man.