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.
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
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9 But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 5:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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5 Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.[a] 6 For there is a time and a way (A)for everything, although man's trouble[b] lies heavy on him.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:5 Or and judgment
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 Or evil
Psalm 112:5
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5 It is well with the man who (A)deals generously and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice.
Jeremiah 8:7-10
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7 Even the stork in the heavens
knows her times,
and (A)the turtledove, (B)swallow, and crane[a]
keep the time of their coming,
(C)but my people know not
the rules[b] of the Lord.
8 (D)“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 (E)The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed (F)and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
10 (G)Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone (H)is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
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- Jeremiah 8:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Jeremiah 8:7 Or just decrees
Proverbs 27:23-27
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23 (A)Know well the condition of your flocks,
and (B)give attention to your herds,
24 for (C)riches do not last forever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
25 (D)When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
26 (E)the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field.
27 (F)There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.
Proverbs 27:18
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Proverbs 12:14
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14 From the fruit of his mouth (A)a man is satisfied with good,
(B)and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless (A)keeps his way straight,
but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
6 (B)The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the treacherous (C)are taken captive by their lust.
Proverbs 6:6-11
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6 (A)Go to (B)the ant, O (C)sluggard;
consider her ways, and (D)be wise.
7 (E)Without having any chief,
(F)officer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread (G)in summer
and (H)gathers her food in harvest.
9 (I)How long will you lie there, (J)O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 (K)A little sleep, a little slumber,
(L)a little (M)folding of the hands to rest,
11 (N)and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
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