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
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 27:18
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 28:19
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.
Destroyed
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
Psalm 112:5
It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.