Proverbs 28:19

The Message

Work your garden—you’ll end up with plenty of food; play and party—you’ll end up with an empty plate.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:11

The one who stays on the job has food on the table; the witless chase whims and fancies.

Proverbs 13:20

Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.

Proverbs 14:4

No cattle, no crops; a good harvest requires a strong ox for the plow.

Proverbs 20:13

Don’t be too fond of sleep; you’ll end up in the poorhouse. Wake up and get up; then there’ll be food on the table.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy silver pieces from the shrine of Baal-of-the-Covenant. With the money he hired some reckless riffraff soldiers and they followed along after him. He went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his half brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal—seventy men! And on one stone! The youngest, Jotham son of Jerub-Baal, managed to hide, the only survivor.