Proverbs 13:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • 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.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
  • Eccl 8:5-6 : 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
  • Prov 12:14 : 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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    22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

  • Prov 28:19
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    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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    5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 13:24-25
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    24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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    11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 14:23
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    8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

  • Prov 10:3-4
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    3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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  • Prov 14:31
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  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • Prov 21:13
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  • Job 20:21-22
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  • Eccl 6:2
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    21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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  • Isa 3:14
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  • Prov 24:34
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    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.