Proverbs 28:19
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 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.
- 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 Baal-berith, 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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11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Prov 28:20-223 verses82%
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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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.
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26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh good ocureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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23 In all labour there is ofit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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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.
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4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the uight shall have good things in possession.
11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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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.
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11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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25 He that is of a oud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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3 A poor man that opesseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
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2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
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7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
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9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reoof shall be honoured.
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27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is ecious.
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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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12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.