Proverbs 13:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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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 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 Bause 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 ice 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 ovideth 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 uight shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:22
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    22 A 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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    16 He that opesseth 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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    24 There 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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    19 He 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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    3 A poor man that opesseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

    8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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

    14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 5:5
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    5 Whose 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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    9 He 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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    24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

    25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 He 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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    6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He 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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    6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He 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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    16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17 The 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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    3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 He that opesseth the poor reoacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He 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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    1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  • Job 20:21-22
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    21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

    22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Prov 11:26
    72%

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

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

  • Prov 30:14
    71%

    14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

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

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Job 22:7
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    7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

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

  • Prov 14:20
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    20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

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

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