Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who till their land will have plenty of food,
but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.(A)
Proverbs 28:19
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19 Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread,
but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.(A)
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,(A) 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(B)
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Psalm 128:2
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2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(A)
Ephesians 4:28
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28 Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.(A)
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Proverbs 9:6
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6 Lay aside immaturity and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”(A)
Proverbs 14:4
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4 Where there are no oxen, there is no grain;
abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 7:7
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7 and I saw among the simple ones,
I observed among the youths,
a young man without sense,(A)
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm.(A)
Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(A)
Titus 1:10-11
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10 There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;(A) 11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.(B)
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Proverbs 6:32
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32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.(A)
Proverbs 4:14-15
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14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
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 child, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.(A)
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(B)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(C)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
keep your foot from their paths,(D)
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(E)
17 For in vain is the net baited
while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
it takes away the life of its possessors.(F)
Footnotes
- 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways
Proverbs 9:16
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16 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
And to those without sense she says,
Proverbs 9:13
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Folly’s Invitation and Promise
13 The foolish woman is loud;
she is ignorant and knows nothing.(A)
Psalm 26:4
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4 I do not sit with the worthless,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;(A)
Judges 9:4
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4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the temple of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.(A)
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Jonah 2:8
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8 Those who worship vain idols
forsake their true loyalty.(A)
Proverbs 27:27
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27 there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and nourishment for your female servants.
Proverbs 13:23
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23 The field of the poor may yield much food,
but it is swept away through injustice.(A)
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