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Proverbs 12

Prov. 12:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heo that tilleth
`abad (Hebrew #5647)
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV usage: X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
his land
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
shall be satisfied
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
with bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
: buta he that followeth
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
vain
reyq (Hebrew #7386)
from 7324; empty; figuratively, worthless
KJV usage: emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
Pronounce: rake
Origin: or (shorter) req {rake}
persons is void
chacer (Hebrew #2638)
lacking; hence, without
KJV usage: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
Pronounce: khaw-sare'
Origin: from 2637
of understanding
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psa. 128:2)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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tilleth.
Prov. 13:23• 23Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment. (Prov. 13:23)
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Prov. 14:4,23• 4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
 23In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want. (Prov. 14:4,23)
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Prov. 27:27• 27and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. (Prov. 27:27)
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Prov. 28:19• 19He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough. (Prov. 28:19)
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Gen. 3:19• 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:19)
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Psa. 128:2• 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psa. 128:2)
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Eph. 4:28• 28Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need. (Eph. 4:28)
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1 Thess. 4:11‑12• 11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
 12that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)
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2 Thess. 3:8• 8nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you: (2 Thess. 3:8)
he that followeth.
Prov. 1:10‑19• 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
 12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
 13we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
 14cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
 15--my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
 16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
 17For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
 18And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
 19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. (Prov. 1:10‑19)
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Prov. 4:14‑15• 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:
 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away. (Prov. 4:14‑15)
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Prov. 6:32• 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)
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Prov. 7:7• 7and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding, (Prov. 7:7)
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Prov. 9:6,13,16• 6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
 13The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith, (Prov. 9:6,13,16)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
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Judg. 9:4• 4And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them vain and wanton men, and they followed him. (Judg. 9:4)
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Psa. 26:4• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers; (Psa. 26:4)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Jonah 2:8)
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Titus 1:10‑11• 10For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
 11who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:10‑11)
• This is a searching word for young Christians. God’s word is a field well worth our tilling. Those who obey the apostolic injunction conscientiously, “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth,” are invariably repaid for every hour earnestly devoted to the consideration of this precious field. Many, alas, waste much time in idle folly. (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)
• Timothy is a fine pattern for all young saints on this point (2 Tim. 3:14-17), while the ungodly Jehoiakim is a warning beacon for all in danger of taking the opposite course to that we have been outlining (Jer. 36:22-32). (“Proverbs Twelve” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.