Proverbs 28:19

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Proverbs 28:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

18 He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

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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 14:4

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

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 13:20

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

Proverbs 23:20

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

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.

Luke 15:12

The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

Luke 15:13

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

Luke 15:14

After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

Luke 15:15

So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

Luke 15:16

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Luke 15:17

Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!