Proverbs 13:23
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
נִיר
nîyr
properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
Key Terms in This Verse
לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →Cross References
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
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