Proverbs 12:11

Modern English Version

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who chases worthless pursuits lacks wisdom.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, because out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Psalm 128:2

For you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

Psalm 26:4

I have not sat with the worthless, nor will I consort with hypocrites.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men will be wise, but a companion of fools will suffer evil.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but by injustice it is swept away.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but idle chatter of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean, but great is the harvest by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have enough bread.

Proverbs 27:27

you will have enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household, and nourishment for your servant girls.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who chases empty pursuits will have poverty enough.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,

Proverbs 9:13

The foolish woman is clamorous; she is ignorant and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks understanding she says,

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake foolishness and live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Jonah 2:8

“Those who follow vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who steals steal no more. Instead, let him labor, working with his hands things which are good, that he may have something to share with him who is in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

neither did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but we worked tirelessly and toiled night and day that we might not be a burden to any of you.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech hired unprincipled and undisciplined men, and they followed him.