Proverbs 13:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows 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 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns 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 Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle dove, the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people do not know the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. 24 For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation? 25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. 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 12:14 : 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.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 13:22
    78%

    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

  • Prov 22:16
    77%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 11:24
    77%

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

  • Prov 28:19
    76%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 28:3
    76%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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

  • Prov 10:15
    75%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 5:5
    75%

    5Whose harvest the hungry devour, and take it even out of the thorns, and the thief swallows up their substance.

  • Prov 22:9
    74%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Prov 13:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly.

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

  • Prov 12:11
    74%

    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 15:6
    74%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Ps 37:16
    73%

    16A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

  • Joel 1:17
    73%

    17The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

  • Prov 10:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish, but He casts away the substance of the wicked.

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

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 21:13
    72%

    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Prov 15:16
    72%

    16Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.

  • Job 20:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods.

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

  • Prov 11:26
    72%

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

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 30:14
    71%

    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Prov 13:2
    71%

    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 6:11
    71%

    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 6:2
    71%

    2A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 20:21
    71%

    21An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 21:26
    71%

    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:15
    71%

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

  • Prov 14:20
    71%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

    34So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.