Verse 11

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
  • 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
  • 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.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
  • Prov 27:27 : 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 9:13 : 13 The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
  • Prov 9:16 : 16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent. 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. 13 We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. 14 You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." 15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, 16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. 17 For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: 18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 6:32 : 32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
  • Jonah 2:8 : 8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.