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 works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.
Proverbs 27:18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
Proverbs 28:19
He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
The produce of the land is exploited by everyone; {even the king profits from the field [of the poor]}!
Destroyed
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness.
Psalm 112:5
[It goes] well [for] a man [who] is gracious and lends, [who] conducts his {business properly}.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever obeys [his] command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the [proper] time and the right [procedure].
Jeremiah 8:7
Even [the] stork in heaven knows its appointed time, and [the] turtledove, and [the] swallow, and [the] song bird, they observe the time of their coming. But my people do not know the ordinance of Yahweh.