Proverbs 28:19 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁹ He who tilleth his own ground shall have plenty of bread; but he who followeth idleness, shall have plenty of poverty.

⁴ So they gave him seventy weight of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain profligate men, who followed him;

¹¹ He who tilleth his own ground shall be satisfied with bread: but they who pursue vanities are void of understanding. He who taketh pleasure in taverns shall leave disgrace in his own fortresses.

²⁰ By walking with the wise thou wilt be wise; but he who walketh with fools will be known.

⁴ Where there are no cattle the stalls are clean; but where there is much provender, the ox's strength is manifest.

²⁰ Be not a wine bibber, nor devoted to clubs: and to the purchasing of flesh meat. ²¹ For every one addicted to revelling and stews shall come to beggary: and every one given to sleep shall be clothed with rags and tatters.

²³ Be careful to know the state of thy flock; and pay close attention to thy herd: ²⁴ for wealth and power do not continue with a man forever; nor can he transmit them from one generation to another. ²⁵ Take care of the herbage in thy field: mow grass and collect provender from the hills: ²⁶ that thou mayst have sheep for clothing. Honour the field that thou mayst have lambs. ²⁷ My son, thou hast sayings from me powerfully conducive to thy life: and the life of thy servants.

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that portion of the estate which falleth to my share. So he divided the moveable estate between them. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son having gathered all together, took a journey to a distant country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there came a grievous famine over all that country, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ So he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his farm to feed swine, ¹⁶ and he was fain to fill his belly with the carob pods which the swine were eating, as nobody gave him any thing. ¹⁷ At length, coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing with hunger?