Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Bible References
Food
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Proverbs 27:18
He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 28:19
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king [himself] is served by the field.
Destroyed
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
Ecclesiastes 8:5
He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision.
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.