Proverbs 13:23

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Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.
  • Eccl 8:5-6 : 5 Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure. 6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the LORD, require of them. 8 How can you say,“We are wise! We have the law of the LORD”? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. 9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have? 10 So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. 25 When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, 26 the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. 27 And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
  • Prov 12:14 : 14 A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, 8 yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat. 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:22
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    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Prov 28:19
    76%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 28:3
    76%

    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    76%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Job 5:5
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    5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Prov 13:24-25
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    74%

    24The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

    25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.

  • Prov 12:11
    74%

    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Prov 15:6
    74%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Joel 1:17
    73%

    17The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

  • Prov 10:3-4
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    73%

    3The LORD satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Prov 19:1
    72%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 21:13
    72%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 15:16
    72%

    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

  • Job 20:21-22
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    72%

    21“Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.

  • Prov 11:26
    72%

    26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 30:14
    71%

    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Prov 13:2
    71%

    2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Prov 21:5
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    5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Prov 6:11
    71%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor– instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Prov 20:21
    71%

    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 19:15
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    15Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

  • Prov 14:20
    71%

    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14The LORD comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says,“It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”