Proverbs 12:11
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11 (A)He who [a]tills his land will be satisfied with (B)bread,
But he who follows [b]frivolity (C)is devoid of [c]understanding.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:11 works or cultivates
- Proverbs 12:11 Lit. vain things
- Proverbs 12:11 Lit. heart
Proverbs 28:19
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19 (A)He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all labor there is profit,
But [a]idle chatter leads only to poverty.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:23 Lit. talk of the lips
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (A)to mind your own business, and (B)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 (C)that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
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Psalm 128:2
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Footnotes
- Psalm 128:2 Fruit of the labor
Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (B)to give him who has need.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread [a]free of charge, but worked with (A)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing
Proverbs 9:6
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6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 14:4
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4 Where no oxen are, the [a]trough is clean;
But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:4 manger or feed trough
Proverbs 7:7
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7 And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the [a]youths,
A young man (A)devoid[b] of understanding,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:7 Lit. sons
- Proverbs 7:7 lacking
Proverbs 13:20
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20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Genesis 3:19
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19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”
Titus 1:10-11
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The Elders’ Task
10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle (A)talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, (B)for the sake of dishonest gain.
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Proverbs 6:32
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32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman (A)lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.
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 evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
Proverbs 1:10-19
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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
(A)Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (B)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like [a]Sheol,
And whole, (C)like those who go down to the Pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of precious [b]possessions,
We shall fill our houses with [c]spoil;
14 Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—
15 My son, (D)do not walk in the way with them,
(E)Keep your foot from their path;
16 (F)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in [d]vain the net is spread
In the sight of any [e]bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 (G)So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave
- Proverbs 1:13 Lit. wealth
- Proverbs 1:13 plunder
- Proverbs 1:17 futility
- Proverbs 1:17 Lit. lord of the wing
Proverbs 9:16
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16 “Whoever(A) is [a]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
Proverbs 9:13
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Psalm 26:4
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4 I have not (A)sat with idolatrous mortals,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
Judges 9:4
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4 So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of (A)Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired (B)worthless and reckless men; and they followed him.
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Jonah 2:8
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Footnotes
- Jonah 2:8 Or Lovingkindness
Proverbs 27:27
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27 You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food,
For the food of your household,
And the nourishment of your maidservants.
Proverbs 13:23
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:23 uncultivated
- Proverbs 13:23 Lit. what is swept away
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