Proverbs 28:19

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 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 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • 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.
  • Luke 15:12-17 : 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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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 28:20-22
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    82%

    20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

    21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • 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 11:26-29
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    26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

    27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

    29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

  • 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.

  • Prov 28:8
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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 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 22:8-9
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    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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  • Prov 14:23
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    23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • 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 20:4
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    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

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  • Prov 6:11
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  • Prov 28:25
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    25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

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  • Prov 20:13
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    13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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  • Prov 10:15-16
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    4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.