Proverbs 12:11 {12}
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He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 6:32
He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.

Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.

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He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

tilleth

Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.

Proverbs 14:4,23 Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest. . . .

Proverbs 27:27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken: for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

Psalm 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

Ephesians 4:28 He that stole, let him now steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to him that suffereth need.

1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's. . . .

2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.

he that followeth

Proverbs 1:10 If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 4:14,15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it. . . .

Proverbs 6:32 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

Proverbs 7:7 Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house,

Proverbs 9:6,13 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot. . . .

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Judges 9:4 And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.

Psalm 26:4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

John 2:8 And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it.

Titus 1:10,11 For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers: especially they who are of the circumcision. . . .

Context
Loving Discipline and Knowledge
10He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. 11He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.12The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.…
Lexicon
He who works
עֹבֵ֣ד (‘ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

his land
אַ֭דְמָתוֹ (’aḏ·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

will have plenty of
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־ (yiś·ba‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

food,
לָ֑חֶם (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

but whoever chases
וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (ū·mə·rad·dêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

fantasies
רֵיקִ֣ים (rê·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7386: Empty, worthless

lacks
חֲסַר־ (ḥă·sar-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2638: Needy, lacking, in want of

judgment.
לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
He who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
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