Proverbs 12:11
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11 (A)Whoever works his land (B)will have plenty of bread,
(C)but he who follows (D)worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 28:19
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19 (A)Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk (A)tends only to poverty.
Psalm 128:2
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2 You (A)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather (A)let him labor, (B)doing honest work with his own hands, so (C)that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but (A)with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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Proverbs 9:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple
Proverbs 14:4
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4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 7:7
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7 and I have seen among (A)the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man (B)lacking sense,
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(A)for you are dust,
and (B)to dust you shall return.”
Titus 1:10-11
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10 For there are many who are insubordinate, (A)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of (B)the circumcision party.[a] 11 They must be silenced, since (C)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (D)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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- Titus 1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision
Proverbs 6:32
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32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
Proverbs 4:14-15
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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
Proverbs 1:10-19
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10 My son, if sinners (A)entice you,
do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, (B)let us lie in wait for blood;
(C)let us ambush the innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us (D)swallow them alive,
and whole, like (E)those who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious goods,
we shall fill our houses with plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my son, (F)do not walk in the way with them;
(G)hold back your foot from their paths,
16 for (H)their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.
17 (I)For in vain is a net spread
in the sight of any bird,
18 but these men (J)lie in wait for their own blood;
they (K)set an ambush for their own lives.
19 (L)Such are the ways of everyone who is (M)greedy for unjust gain;
(N)it takes away the life of its possessors.
Proverbs 9:16
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16 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
Proverbs 9:13
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Psalm 26:4
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Judges 9:4
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4 And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of (A)Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired (B)worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
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Jonah 2:8
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Proverbs 27:27
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27 (A)There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.
Proverbs 13:23
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23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
but it is swept away through (A)injustice.
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