Proverbs 13:23

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Proverbs 13:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

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

24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

25 A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

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Proverbs 12:11

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

Proverbs 12:14

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

Proverbs 27:18

Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

Proverbs 27:23

Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

Proverbs 27:25

When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,

Proverbs 27:26

the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:9

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

Proverbs 6:6

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 6:7

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

Proverbs 6:8

it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Proverbs 6:10

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 6:11

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Psalms 112:5

It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:6

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:8

How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.