Verse 19

¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:11 : 11 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
  • Prov 27:23-27 : 23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds. 24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. 26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field. 27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
  • Luke 15:12-17 : 12 ‹And the younger of them said to› [his] ‹father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth› [to me]. ‹And he divided unto them› [his] ‹living.› 13 ‹And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.› 14 ‹And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.› 15 ‹And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.› 16 ‹And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.› 17 ‹And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!›
  • Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 ¶ Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.