There is Great Moral Value in Being Well Employed
Proverbs 12:11
He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.


The idle classes are waiting to become the vicious classes. This is vividly illustrated by the well-known story of a friendless girl who, about three generations ago, was thrown upon the world, uncared for. Her children and children's children came to number over a hundred, desperate and dangerous men and women of crime. No record of earth can tell how many a bright young man or woman thrown out of employ has become a centre of equally dark and ever-widening circles.

(Washington Gladden.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

WEB: He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.




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