Proverbs 12:11

New International Reader's Version

Those who farm their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams have no sense.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Psalm 128:2

Your work will give you what you need. Blessings and good things will come to you.

Psalm 26:4

I don’t spend time with people who tell lies. I don’t keep company with pretenders.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:23

An unplowed field produces food for poor people. But those who treat them badly destroy it all.

Proverbs 14:23

All hard work pays off. But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the feed box is empty. But a strong ox brings in huge harvests.

Proverbs 20:13

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor. Stay awake, and you will have more food than you need.

Proverbs 27:27

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family. It will also feed your female servants.

Proverbs 28:19

Those who work their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams will be very poor.

Proverbs 6:32

A man who commits adultery has no sense. Anyone who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:7

Among those who were childish I saw a young man who had no sense.

Proverbs 9:13

The woman called Foolishness is wild. She is childish and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“Let all who are childish come to my house!” She speaks to those who have no sense.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your childish ways and you will live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship the worthless statues of their gods. They turn away from God’s love for them.

Ephesians 4:28

Anyone who has been stealing must never steal again. Instead, they must work. They must do something useful with their own hands. Then they will have something to give to people in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. In fact, it was just the opposite. We worked night and day. We worked very hard so that we wouldn’t cause any expense to any of you.

Judges 9:4

They gave him 28 ounces of silver. They had taken it from the temple of the god named Baal-Berith. Abimelek used it to hire some men. They were wild and weren’t good for anything. They became his followers.