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 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.
Luke 15:12-17
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12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me (A)the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided (B)his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (C)reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to[a] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he (D)was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
17 “But (E)when he (F)came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
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- Luke 15:15 Greek joined himself to
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.
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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Proverbs 23:20-21
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20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and (C)slumber will clothe them with rags.
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- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine
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 13:20
English Standard Version
20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
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