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Proverbs 12:11
11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
Context of Proverbs 12:11
9Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. 10A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding. 12The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit]. 13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
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עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָ֑חֶם וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף רֵיקִ֣ים חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:11
- Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
- Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 27:27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
- Proverbs 28:19He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return.
- Psalms 128:2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Ephesians 4:28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
- Proverbs 4:14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
- Proverbs 6:32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- Proverbs 7:7and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
- Proverbs 9:6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
- Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.
- Judges 9:4And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them vain and wanton men, and they followed him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He that tilleth his land - God's blessing will be in the labor of the honest agriculturist. But he that followeth vain persons - He who, while he should be cultivating his ground, preparing for a future crop, or reaping his harvest, associates with fowlers, coursers of hares, hunters of foxes, or those engaged in any champaign amusements, is void of understanding; and I have known several such come to beggary. To this verse the Septuagint add the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11Verse 11 It is men's wisdom to mind their business, and follow an honest calling. But it is folly to neglect business; and the grace of God teaches men to disdain nothing but sin.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11This proverb is repeated with a different ending in Proverbs 28:19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. The idler's fate is the result of indolence and want of principle (Pr 6:32; 7:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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