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Proverbs 12:11
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Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
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Proverbs 12:11 in Other Translations
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
ESV
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Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
NLT
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A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
MSG
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The one who stays on the job has food on the table; the witless chase whims and fancies.
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The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense.
Proverbs 12:11 In-Context
9
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10
The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11
Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.
12
The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.
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Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble.
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Proverbs 28:19
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