Proverbs 12:11

Easy To Read Version

The farmer that works with his land will have enough food. But the person who wastes time on worthless ideas is foolish.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:19

A person that works hard will have plenty to eat. But a person that wastes his time with dreams will always be poor.

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard, then you will have the things you need. But if you do nothing but talk, then you will be poor.

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy the things you work for.\par You will be happy,\par and good things will happen to you.\par

Ephesians 4:28

If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

And when we ate another person’s food, we always paid for it. We worked and worked so that we would not be trouble to any of you. We worked night and day.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your old, foolish ways, and you will have life. Follow the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 14:4

If there are no cows to do the work, then the barn will be empty. The people can use the strength of a cow to have a great harvest.

Proverbs 7:7

at some foolish teenagers and noticed one that was especially foolish.

Proverbs 13:20

Be friends with people who are wise, and you will become wise. But if you choose fools to be your friends, then you will have trouble.

Genesis 3:19

You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”

Proverbs 6:32

But a man who does the sin of adultery is foolish. He is destroying himself—he himself causes his own destruction!

Proverbs 9:16

“Come you people who need to learn.” She also invited foolish people.

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish person is like a loud, evil woman. She does not have knowledge.

Psalm 26:4

I am not one of those worthless people.\par

Judges 9:4

So the leaders of Shechem gave Abimelech 70 pieces of silver. That silver was from the temple of the god Baal Berith. [77] Abimelech used the silver to hire some men. These men were worthless, reckless men. They followed Abimelech wherever he went.

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship useless idols.\par But those statues never help them. {\cf2\super [12]} \par

Proverbs 13:23

A poor man might have good land that can produce plenty of food. But he makes bad decisions and stays hungry.

Proverbs 20:13

If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.