Proverbs 28:19 (WEB)
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Fathers and councils · 2
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.6Conference VII
“We ought not then to be wearied out by these wanderings of mind and relax from our fervour: for “he that tilleth his ground shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxviii. 19.
Read the whole comment “…Solomon, the wisest of men, clearly points to this fault of idleness in many passages, as he says: “He that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty,” either visible or invisible, in which an idle person and one entangled with different faults is sure to be involved, and he will always be a stranger to the…” — editor's note: Prov. xxviii. 19.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
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Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.6.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.