Proverbs 13:23

New English Translation

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

Cross References

Psalm 112:5

It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.

Proverbs 12:11

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

Proverbs 12:14

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

Proverbs 27:18

The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

Deuteronomy 21:4

and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer’s neck.