Proverbs 13:23
The unplowed ground of the poor could produce a lot of food, but it's stolen through injustice.
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In The King James Version
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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Proverbs 6:6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
Proverbs 12:11If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase after worthless things you're stupid.
Proverbs 27:18Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
Proverbs 28:19If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase fantasies you'll end up with nothing.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Those who follow his commands will not be involved in doing evil. Wise people think, recognizing there's a right time, and a right way.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:23
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. See here, 1. How a good man's estate lasts: He leaves an inheritance to his children's children. It is part of his praise that he is thoughtful for posterity, that he does not lay all out upon himself, but is in care to do well for those that come after him, not by withholding more than is meet, but by a prudent and decent frugality. He trains up his children to this, that they may leave it to… Read the whole commentary →