Proverbs 28:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat: 21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds; 24 For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations. 25 The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field: 27 There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
  • Luke 15:12-17 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them. 13 And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living. 14 And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need. 15 And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food. 16 And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:11
    91%

    11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

  • Prov 28:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 11:26-29
    4 verses
    75%

    26 He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

    27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 19:15
    75%

    15 Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

  • Prov 21:5
    75%

    5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 11:24
    74%

    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

  • Prov 22:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

    23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

  • Prov 13:7
    74%

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Prov 21:17
    74%

    17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 20:4
    72%

    4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 6:11
    72%

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 28:25
    72%

    25 He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

  • Eccl 5:10
    72%

    10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

  • Prov 13:4
    72%

    4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3 A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    71%

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

    16 The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.

  • Ps 107:37
    71%

    37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.

  • Ps 128:2
    71%

    2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

  • Ps 129:7
    71%

    7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    71%

    9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18 Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 12:27
    71%

    27 He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

    34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

    12 There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun--wealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

  • Prov 19:4
    70%

    4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.