Verse 11

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you; 12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens.
  • Prov 9:13 : 13 The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; 14 Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird: 18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.