Proverbs 28:19

World English Bible (2000)

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

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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 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: 21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
  • 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.
  • Luke 15:12-17 : 12 The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them. 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. 14 When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any. 17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 They gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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  • Prov 12:11
    91%

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

  • Prov 28:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    20A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

    22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

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

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 11:26-29
    4 verses
    75%

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

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

    28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 19:15
    75%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 21:5
    75%

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

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

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

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:24
    74%

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

  • Prov 22:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

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

  • Prov 14:23
    74%

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

  • Prov 13:7
    74%

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

  • Prov 21:17
    74%

    17He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 16:26
    73%

    26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 20:4
    72%

    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through 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 6:11
    72%

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

  • Prov 28:25
    72%

    25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Eccl 5:10
    72%

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

  • Prov 13:4
    72%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

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

  • Ps 39:6
    71%

    6"Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Prov 23:4
    71%

    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    71%

    6Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

  • Prov 10:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

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

    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 11:18
    71%

    18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

  • Ps 107:37
    71%

    37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

  • Ps 128:2
    71%

    2For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

  • Ps 129:7
    71%

    7with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.

  • Prov 12:27
    71%

    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Prov 24:34
    71%

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

  • Eccl 5:12
    70%

    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.