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 will have plenty of bread. He who follows worthless people lacks sense.
Proverbs 27:18
When you keep a fig tree you eat the fruit. He who waits on his master will be honored.
Proverbs 28:19
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows after vain persons will have poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:9
A king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.
Destroyed
Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise!
Proverbs 11:5
Righteousness of the undefiled [man of integrity] directs his way! Wickedness causes the evil to fall.
Psalm 112:5
All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living.
Ecclesiastes 8:5
He who obeys the king's command will feel no harm. A wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even storks know when it is time to return. Mourning doves, swallows (swifts), and cranes know when it is time to migrate. But my people do not know that I, Jehovah, am urging them to return.