Proverbs 28:19
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →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)
Study H5315 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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