Proverbs 12:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.

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; 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 be well with you.

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with false men, nor do I consort with dissemblers;

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:23

The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Proverbs 14:23

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

Proverbs 14:4

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

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you 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 maintenance for your maidens.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 6:32

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

Proverbs 7:7

and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who is without sense she says,

Proverbs 9:6

Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”

Jonah 2:8

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.

Judges 9:4

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.