Proverbs 12:11

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Proverbs 12:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

11 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

12 The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

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Proverbs 13:23

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 14:23

There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 27:27

You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.

Proverbs 28:19

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Psalms 128:2

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Ephesians 4:28

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 1:12

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Proverbs 1:13

We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.

Proverbs 1:14

Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—

Proverbs 1:15

my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17

How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

Proverbs 1:18

But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

Proverbs 4:14

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Proverbs 7:7

I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 9:13

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Judges 9:4

So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

Psalms 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Jonah 2:8

Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

Titus 1:10

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.