Proverbs 13:23
An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
In context
20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
21 Trouble pursues the sinner, but the righteous are rewarded with good things. 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous. 23 An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away. 24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. 25 The righteous eat to their hearts’ content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 13:23 in the KJV
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 13:23 in the ESV
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.