Proverbs 12:11

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

He that

עָבַד

ʻâbad

H5647

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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his

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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shall be

שָׂבַע

sâbaʻ

H7646

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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with

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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but he that

רָדַף

râdaph

H7291

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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שָׁוְא

shâvᵉʼ

H7723

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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is

חָסֵר

châçêr

H2638

lacking; hence, without

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of

תָּבוּן

tâbûwn

H8394

intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice

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Key Terms in This Verse

tilleth H5647

עָבַד ʻâbad

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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followeth H7291

רָדַף râdaph

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

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void H2638

חָסֵר châçêr

lacking; hence, without

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satisfied H7646

שָׂבַע sâbaʻ

to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)

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persons H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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vain H7723

שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

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understanding H8394

תָּבוּן tâbûwn

intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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land H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:19 cross-reference

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 14:23 cross-reference

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Psalm 128:2 cross-reference

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Ephesians 4:28 cross-reference

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 cross-reference

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Proverbs 9:6 cross-reference

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 7:7 cross-reference

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Proverbs 14:4 cross-reference

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 13:20 cross-reference

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Proverbs 6:32 cross-reference

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Judges 9:4 cross-reference

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Proverbs 9:13 cross-reference

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:16 cross-reference

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Psalm 26:4 cross-reference

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Jonah 2:8 cross-reference

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Proverbs 27:27 cross-reference

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

Proverbs 13:23 cross-reference

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

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