THEOSISProverbs 12:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.
עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָ֑חֶם וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף רֵיקִ֣ים חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:19He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
- Prov 14:23In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
- 1 Thess 4:11And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's.
- 1 Thess 4:12And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
- Ps 128 (127):2
- Eph 4:28He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.
- 2 Thess 3:8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.
- Prov 9:6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.