THEOSISProverbs 13:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
רָב־אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish.
- Prov 28:19He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
- Eccl 5:9A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity.
- Eccl 8:5He that keepeth the commandment, shall find no evil. The heart of a wiser man understandeth time and answer.
- Eccl 8:6There is a time and opportunity for every business, and great affliction for man:
- Ps 112 (111):5
- Prov 27:23Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
- Prov 27:27Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.