Proverbs 13:23

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Psalm 112:5

It is good for the man gracious in lending, who conducts his affairs with justice.

Proverbs 12:11

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

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of their mouths people have their fill of good, and the works of their hands come back upon them.

Proverbs 27:18

Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit; so those attentive to their master will be honored.

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The covetous are never satisfied with money, nor lovers of wealth with their gain; so this too is vanity.

Deuteronomy 21:4

the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a wadi with an everflowing stream at a place that has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi.