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 28:19 in other translations
| BSB | The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. |
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| WEB | One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty. |
| ASV | He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. |
| YLT | Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty. |
| DARBY | He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough. |
| BBE | By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough. |
| Webster | He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. |
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Proverbs 28:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 28:19
- Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Judges 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal–berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
- Proverbs 27:23-27
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. …
- Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Luke 15:12-17
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. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. …
- Proverbs 23:20-21
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Context
- Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- 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 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 28:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que labra su tierra, se hartará de pan: mas el que sigue los ociosos, se hartará de pobreza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qui laboure sa terre sera rassasié de pain, mais qui court après les fainéants sera rassasié de pauvreté. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer sein Land bebaut, wird mit Brot gesättigt werden; wer aber nichtigen Dingen nachjagt, wird mit Armut gesättigt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui operatur terram suam satiabitur panibus; qui autem sectatur otium replebitur egestate. |