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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• 2Labour of thy hands when thou shalt eat,{HR}Happy thou and well with thee: (Psa. 128:2)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.{HR} (Jonah 2:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 13:23• 23Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor;{HR}But there is [that is] lost through injustice. (Prov. 13:23)
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Prov. 14:4,23• 4Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean;{HR}But much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
 23In all labour there is profit;{HR}But the talk of the lips [is] only to want. (Prov. 14:4,23)
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Prov. 27:27• 27And there is goats' milk enough for thy food,{HR}For the food of thy household,{HR}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;{HR}But he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough. (Prov. 28:19)
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Gen. 3:19• 19in sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken. For dust [art] thou, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:19)
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Psa. 128:2• 2Labour of thy hands when thou shalt eat,{HR}Happy thou and well with thee: (Psa. 128:2)
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Eph. 4:28• 28Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need. (Eph. 4:28)
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1 Thess. 4:11‑12• 11and that ye make it your aim to be quiet and mind your own affairs and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
 12that ye may walk honourably toward those without, and may have need of nothing. (1 Thess. 4:11‑12)
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2 Thess. 3:8• 8nor did we eat bread for nought from anyone, but in toil and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any 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,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
 12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,{HR}And whole as those that go down into the pit.
 13We shall find all precious substance,{HR}We shall fill our houses with spoil:
 14Cast in thy lot among us;{HR}We will have all one purse.
 15My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}Keep back thy foot from their path.
 16For their feet run to evil,{HR}And they make haste to shed blood.
 17For in vain is the net spread in the eyes of a bird;
 18And they lay wait for their own blood;{HR}They lurk privily for their own lives.
 19So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners. (Prov. 1:10‑19)
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Prov. 4:14‑15• 14Enter not into the path of the wicked,{HR}And go not into the way of evil [men];
 15Avoid it, pass not by it,{HR}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;{HR}He [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (Prov. 6:32)
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Prov. 7:7• 7I discerned among the sons,{HR}A young man void of understanding, (Prov. 7:7)
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Prov. 9:6,13,16• 6Forsake follies and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding.
 13The foolish woman [is] clamorous;{HR}Senseless, and knoweth nothing.
 16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}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;{HR}But a companion of the foolish will be destroyed. (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 men,{HR}And with dissemblers I go not in. (Psa. 26:4)
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Jonah 2:8• 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.{HR} (Jonah 2:8)
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Titus 1:10‑11• 10For there are many unruly ones, vain speakers and deceivers, specially those of [the] circumcision,
 11whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that tilleth his ground shall be satisfied with bread;{HR}But he that followeth worthless [persons] is void of sense.