Proverbs 12:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Psalm 128:2

You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

Psalm 26:4

I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

Proverbs 13:20

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Proverbs 13:23

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

Proverbs 14:23

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

Proverbs 27:27

There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.

Proverbs 28:19

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

Proverbs 6:32

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Proverbs 7:7

I saw among the young men one without sense,

Proverbs 9:13

The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

Proverbs 9:16

Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

Proverbs 9:6

Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

Jonah 2:8

The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

Judges 9:4

And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.