Proverbs 12:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

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  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but we worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean, but much increase comes by the strength of the ox.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, who followed him.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with false persons, nor will I go in with hypocrites.
  • Prov 27:27 : 27 And you will have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your maidens.
  • Prov 9:13 : 13 A foolish woman is loud: she is simple, and knows nothing.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 Those who regard worthless idols forsake their own mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
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    19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 13:23
    74%

    23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 11:24-30
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    73%

    24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

    25 The generous soul shall be made rich, and he who waters shall be watered also himself.

    26 The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but blessing shall be on the head of him who sells it.

    27 He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

    28 He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

    30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

  • Prov 12:12
    72%

    12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.

  • Prov 24:30
    72%

    30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

  • Prov 12:27
    72%

    27 The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is a man's precious possession.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 12:14-15
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    71%

    14 A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

    15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

    5 The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18 The wicked works a deceitful work, but he who sows righteousness shall have a sure reward.

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

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 22:8
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    8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  • Eccl 5:9-11
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    71%

    9 Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field.

    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11 When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Ps 129:7
    71%

    7 With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4 The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Ps 107:37
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    37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Deut 20:6
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    6 And what man is he who has planted a vineyard and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • Prov 11:12
    70%

    12 He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Prov 14:23
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    23 In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 12:9-10
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    70%

    9 He who is despised and has a servant is better than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

    10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  • Eccl 2:21
    70%

    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
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    7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

  • Prov 10:16
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    16 The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 13:25
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    25 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.

  • Eccl 11:4
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    4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

  • Eccl 6:7
    70%

    7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Lev 26:5
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    5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

  • Prov 21:21
    69%

    21 He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.