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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 labor of thine 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 destroyed 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 labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (Prov. 14:4,23)
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Prov. 27:27• 27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. (Prov. 27:27)
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Prov. 28:19• 19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. (Prov. 28:19)
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Gen. 3:19• 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto 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 labor of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. (Psa. 128:2)
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Eph. 4:28• 28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. (Eph. 4:28)
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1 Thess. 4:11‑12• 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. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)
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2 Thess. 3:8• 8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: (2 Thess. 3:8)
he that followeth.
Prov. 1:10‑19• 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; 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; let us all have one purse:
 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (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• 32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)
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Prov. 7:7• 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, (Prov. 7:7)
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Prov. 9:6,13,16• 6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
 13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, (Prov. 9:6,13,16)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. (Prov. 13:20)
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Judg. 9:4• 4And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. (Judg. 9:4)
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Psa. 26:4• 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go 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 unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
 11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. (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.