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Proverbs 13:23
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
Proverbs 13:23 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 13:23 in other translations
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
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In context
20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: and to the just good shall be repaid.
22 The good man leaveth heirs, sons, and grandsons: and the substance of the sinner is kept for the just.
23 Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
24 He that spareth the rod, hateth his son: but he that loveth him, correcteth him betimes.
25 The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.
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