Proverbs 28:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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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 13:20 : 20 The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat, 21 because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
  • 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.
  • Luke 15:12-17 : 12 The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. 13 After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle. 14 Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.

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  • Prov 12:11
    91%

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

  • Prov 28:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

    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 11:26-29
    4 verses
    75%

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

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 19:15
    75%

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

  • Prov 21:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

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

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:24
    74%

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

  • Prov 22:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

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

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:17
    74%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • 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 20:4
    72%

    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • 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 6:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:25
    72%

    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Eccl 5:10
    72%

    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

  • Prov 13:4
    72%

    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

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

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    71%

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

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

    16The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

  • Ps 107:37
    71%

    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

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    71%

    2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

  • Ps 129:7
    71%

    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    71%

    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 12:27
    71%

    27The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

    12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 19:4
    70%

    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.