Proverbs 13:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Psalm 112:5

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

Proverbs 12:11

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

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

Deuteronomy 21:4

And they are to take the cow into a valley where there is flowing water, and which is not ploughed or planted, and there the neck of the cow is to be broken: