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Proverbs 12:11

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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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  1. Proverbs 28:19Rank 1 from verse 11
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    19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  2. Proverbs 14:23Rank 2 from verse 11
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    23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12Rank 3 from verse 11
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    11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

  4. Psalms 128:2Rank 4 from verse 11
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    2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  5. Ephesians 4:28Rank 5 from verse 11
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    28Let 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.

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Proverbs 12:11

COMBINED MEANING

land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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vain

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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

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void

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Empty, unfilled, unoccupied, lacking something, invalid, cancelled, or without effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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