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Proverbs 13:23
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Proverbs 13:23
23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
23*Much food is in the tillage of the poore: but there is that is destroyed for want of iudgement.
- Chap. 12.11.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 13:23
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The operation, practice or art of preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground free from weeds which might impede the growth of crops.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ruined, overthrown, consumed, or brought to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Lack or need; poverty or deficiency; as a verb, to lack or be without.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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Open the full verse study19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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Open the full verse study9¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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Open the full verse study5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
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Open the full verse study5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
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Open the full verse study18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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Open the full verse study23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
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Open the full verse study7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
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Open the full verse study5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
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Open the full verse study14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
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Open the full verse study6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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