Proverbs 13:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ Much food is in the tillable ground of the poor, But lack of right-ruling sweeps it away.

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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.

Proverbs 13:23 Cross References

Psalm 112:5

Good is a man showing favour and lending, He sustains his matters in right-ruling.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is lacking heart.

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.

Proverbs 27:18

He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land is satisfied with bread, But he who pursues vanities is filled with poverty.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

And the increase of the land is for all. The sovereign himself is served from the field.

Deuteronomy 21:4

and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, which is neither ploughed nor sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi.