Bible Cross References
food
Proverbs 12:11
A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat, but it is stupid to waste time on useless projects.
Proverbs 12:14
Your reward depends on what you say and what you do; you will get what you deserve.
Proverbs 27:18
Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat. Servants who take care of their master will be honored.
Proverbs 27:23-27
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Look after your sheep and cattle as carefully as you can,
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because wealth is not permanent. Not even nations last forever.
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You cut the hay and then cut the grass on the hillsides while the next crop of hay is growing.
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You can make clothes from the wool of your sheep and buy land with the money you get from selling some of your goats.
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The rest of the goats will provide milk for you and your family, and for your servant women as well.
Proverbs 28:19
A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat. People who waste time will always be poor.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
Even a king depends on the harvest.
destroyed
Proverbs 6:6-11
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Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
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They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
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but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
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How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
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"I'll just take a short nap," he says; "I'll fold my hands and rest a while."
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But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
Proverbs 11:5
Honesty makes a good person's life easier, but the wicked will cause their own downfall.
Proverbs 11:6
Righteousness rescues those who are honest, but those who can't be trusted are trapped by their own greed.
Psalm 112:5
Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
As long as you obey his commands, you are safe, and a wise person knows how and when to do it.
Ecclesiastes 8:6
There is a right time and a right way to do everything, but we know so little!
Jeremiah 8:7-10
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Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
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How can you say that you are wise and that you know my laws? Look, the laws have been changed by dishonest scribes.
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Your wise men are put to shame; they are confused and trapped. They have rejected my words; what wisdom do they have now?
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So I will give their fields to new owners and their wives to other men. Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly. Even prophets and priests cheat the people.