Proverbs 28:19 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁹ A person that works hard will have plenty to eat. But a person that wastes his time with dreams will always be poor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Those who work the land will have plenty to eat, but those with worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever pursues leisure will be filled with need.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty.

Proverbs 28:19 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:11

The farmer that works with his land will have enough food. But the person who wastes time on worthless ideas is foolish.

Proverbs 13:20

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.

Proverbs 14:4

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.

Proverbs 20:13

If you love to sleep, then you will become poor. But use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.

Proverbs 24:34

These things will make you poor very quickly. You will have nothing, as if a thief broke in and took everything away.

Judges 9:4

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.