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.”
Proverbs 12:11 - New Revised Standard Version Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense. 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. |
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.”
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and nourishment for your servant-girls.
Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,
“You who are simple, turn in here!” And to those without sense she says,
Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.
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.
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.