THEOSISProverbs 28:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָ֑חֶם וּמְרַדֵּ֥ף רֵ֝קִ֗ים יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־רִֽישׁ׃
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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.
- Luke 15:12And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.
- Luke 15:17And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger!
- 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.
- Judg 9:4And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.
- Prov 23:20Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
- Prov 23:21Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.