Proverbs 12:11

New King James Version

He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Psalm 128:2

When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Psalm 26:4

I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 27:27

You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

Proverbs 6:32

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.

Proverbs 7:7

And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man devoid of understanding,

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

Proverbs 9:6

Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

Jonah 2:8

“Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.

Ephesians 4:28

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

Judges 9:4

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men; and they followed him.