Proverbs 13:23

World English Bible (2000)

An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
  • Eccl 5:9 : 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
  • Eccl 8:5-6 : 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure. 6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
  • Jer 8:7-9 : 7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law. 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely. 9 The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds: 24 for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations. 25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in. 26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field. 27 There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
  • Prov 12:14 : 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, 8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. 9 How long will you sleep, 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 your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
  • Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:22
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    22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

  • Prov 28:19
    76%

    19One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    76%

    7There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Job 5:5
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    5whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

  • Prov 13:24-25
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    74%

    24One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

    25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Prov 15:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

  • Prov 10:3-4
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    73%

    3Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

    4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 14:31
    73%

    31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 19:17
    72%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

  • 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 will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble.

  • Job 20:21-22
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    72%

    21There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

  • Prov 11:26
    72%

    26People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

  • Prov 30:14
    71%

    14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws 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 great revenues with injustice.

  • Prov 13:2
    71%

    2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

    5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Eccl 6:2
    71%

    2a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

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

  • Prov 20:21
    71%

    21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

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

  • Prov 14:20
    71%

    20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

  • Isa 3:14
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    14Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

    34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.