Proverbs 12:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who till their own land have food in plenty, but those who engage in idle pursuits lack sense.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Psalm 128:2

What your hands provide you will enjoy; you will be blessed and prosper:

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with worthless men, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with the wise and you become wise, but the companion of fools fares badly.

Proverbs 13:23

The tillage of the poor yields abundant food, but possessions are swept away for lack of justice.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit, but mere talk tends only to loss.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean; but abundant crops come through the strength of the bull.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep lest you be reduced to poverty; keep your eyes open, have your fill of food.

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.

Proverbs 28:19

Those who cultivate their land will have plenty of food, but those who engage in idle pursuits will have plenty of want.

Proverbs 6:32

But those who commit adultery have no sense; those who do it destroy themselves.

Proverbs 7:7

And I saw among the naive, I observed among the young men, a youth with no sense,

Proverbs 9:13

Woman Folly is raucous, utterly foolish; she knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“Let those who are naive turn in here, to those who lack sense I say,

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.”

Jonah 2:8

When I became faint, I remembered the Lord; My prayer came to you in your holy temple.

Ephesians 4:28

The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest work with his [own] hands, so that he may have something to share with one in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you.

Judges 9:4

They also gave him seventy pieces of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless men and outlaws as his followers.