Proverbs 12:11

New Century Version

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases empty dreams is not wise.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust.”

Psalm 128:2

You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.

Psalm 26:4

I do not spend time with liars, nor do I make friends with those who hide their sin.

Proverbs 13:20

Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.

Proverbs 13:23

A poor person’s field might produce plenty of food, but others often steal it away.

Proverbs 14:23

Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor.

Proverbs 14:4

When there are no oxen, no food is in the barn. But with a strong ox, much grain can be grown.

Proverbs 20:13

If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 27:27

There will be plenty of goat’s milk to feed you and your family and to make your servant girls healthy.

Proverbs 28:19

Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the ones who chase empty dreams instead will end up poor.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who takes part in adultery has no sense; he will destroy himself.

Proverbs 7:7

and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.

Proverbs 9:13

Foolishness is like a loud woman; she does not have wisdom or knowledge.

Proverbs 9:16

She says to those who are uneducated, “Come in here, you foolish people!

Proverbs 9:6

Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.

Jonah 2:8

“People who worship useless idols give up their loyalty to you.

Ephesians 4:28

Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

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

Judges 9:4

So the leaders of Shechem gave Abimelech about one and three-quarter pounds of silver from the temple of the god Baal-Berith. Abimelech used the silver to hire some worthless, reckless men, who followed him wherever he went.