Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
KJV
Qui operatur terram suam satiabitur panibus ; qui autem sectatur otium replebitur egestate.
Vulgate
ὁ ἐργαζόμενος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν πλησθήσεται ἄρτων, ὁ δὲ διώκων σχολὴν πλησθήσεται πενίας.
LXX
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
ASV
עֹבֵ֣ד אַ֭דְמָת/וֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע לָ֑חֶם וּ/מְרַדֵּ֥ף רֵ֝קִ֗ים יִֽשְׂבַּֽע רִֽישׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
ךָ
k
noun · 7×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 287×
ם
m
verb · 144×
רֵקִים֙
rqym
adjective · 14×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Judg 9:4 — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
- Luke 15:12 — And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
- Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Prov 13:23 — Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
- Prov 14:4 — Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Prov 14:23 — In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
- Prov 23:20 — Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
- Prov 27:23 — Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.