Proverbs 12:11

The Passion Translation

Work hard at your job and you’ll have what you need. Following a get-rich-quick scheme is nothing but a fantasy.

Cross References

Genesis 3:19

You will painfully toil and sweat to produce food to eat, until your body—taken from the ground—returns to the ground. For you are from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Psalm 128:2

Your reward will be prosperity, happiness, and well-being.

Psalm 26:4

I won’t keep company with tricky, two-faced men, nor will I go the way of those with hidden motives.

Proverbs 13:20

If you want to grow in wisdom, spend time with the wise. Walk with the wicked and you’ll eventually become just like them.

Proverbs 13:23

The lovers of God will live a long life and get to enjoy their wealth, but the ungodly will suddenly perish.

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard at what you do, great abundance will come to you. But merely talking about getting rich while living to only pursue your pleasures brings you face-to-face with poverty.

Proverbs 14:4

The only clean stable is an empty stable. So if you want the work of an ox and to enjoy an abundant harvest, you’ll have a mess or two to clean up!

Proverbs 20:13

If you spend all your time sleeping, you’ll grow poor. So wake up, sleepyhead! Don’t sleep on the job. And then there will be plenty of food on your table.

Proverbs 28:19

Work hard and you’ll have all you desire, but chase a fantasy and you could end up with nothing.

Proverbs 6:32

Don’t be so stupid as to think you can get away with your adultery. It will destroy your life, and you’ll pay the price for the rest of your days.

Proverbs 7:7

I noticed among the mindless crowd a simple, naïve young man who was about to go astray.

Proverbs 9:13

There is a spirit named Foolish, who is boisterous and brash; she’s seductive and restless.

Proverbs 9:16

“Come home with me.” She invites those who are easily led astray, saying,

Proverbs 9:6

Lay aside your simple thoughts and leave your paths behind. Agree with my ways, live in my truth, and you will find righteousness.”

Ephesians 4:28

If any one of you has stolen from someone else, never do it again. Instead, be industrious, earning an honest living, and then you’ll have enough to bless those in need.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

We didn’t sponge off of you, but we worked hard night and day to provide our own food and lodging and not be a burden to any of you.

Judges 9:4

They gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech used it to hire reckless scoundrels to follow him.