You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”
Proverbs 12:11 - Easy To Read Version The farmer that works with his land will have enough food. But the person who wastes time on worthless ideas is foolish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: But he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding. American Standard Version (1901) He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding. Common English Bible Those who work their land will have plenty to eat, but those who engage in empty pursuits have no sense. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. |
You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die. And then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you. And when you die you will become dust again.”
You will enjoy the things you work for.\par You will be happy,\par and good things will happen to you.\par
Be friends with people who are wise, and you will become wise. But if you choose fools to be your friends, then you will have trouble.
A poor man might have good land that can produce plenty of food. But he makes bad decisions and stays hungry.
If you work hard, then you will have the things you need. But if you do nothing but talk, then you will be poor.
If there are no cows to do the work, then the barn will be empty. The people can use the strength of a cow to have a great harvest.
If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.
A person that works hard will have plenty to eat. But a person that wastes his time with dreams will always be poor.
But a man who does the sin of adultery is foolish. He is destroying himself—he himself causes his own destruction!
at some foolish teenagers and noticed one that was especially foolish.
A foolish person is like a loud, evil woman. She does not have knowledge.
“Come you people who need to learn.” She also invited foolish people.
Leave your old, foolish ways, and you will have life. Follow the way of understanding.”
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If a person is stealing, he must stop stealing. That person must start working. He must use his hands for doing something good. Then he will have something to share with those people who are poor.
And when we ate another person’s food, we always paid for it. We worked and worked so that we would not be trouble to any of you. We worked night and day.
So the leaders of Shechem gave Abimelech 70 pieces of silver. That silver was from the temple of the god Baal Berith. [77] Abimelech used the silver to hire some men. These men were worthless, reckless men. They followed Abimelech wherever he went.