Proverbs 12:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Psalm 128:2

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

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 13:23

The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 27:27

there will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your female servants.

Proverbs 28:19

Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 6:32

But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,

Proverbs 9:13

The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“You who are simple, turn in here!” And to those without sense she says,

Proverbs 9:6

Lay aside immaturity and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Ephesians 4:28

Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the temple of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.