Proverbs 12:11 · KJV
“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.”
— Proverbs 12:11
A righteous {man} regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked {are} cruel. {tender...: or, bowels}
The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}
Proverbs 12 — Context
{He that is} despised, and hath a servant, {is} better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10A righteous {man} regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked {are} cruel. {tender...: or, bowels}
11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.
12The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}
13The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
Cross References
Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Psalms 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee.
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with {his} hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. {to give: or, to distribute}
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}