Proverbs 12:11 (BSB)

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

From Proverbs 12. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 12:11

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 12:11: Note, 1. It is men's wisdom to mind their business and follow an honest calling, for that is the way, by the blessing of God, to get a livelihood: He that tills his land, of which he is either the owner or the occupant, that keeps to his word and is willing to take pains, if he do not raise an estate by it (what...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 12:11: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread,.... This was man's work in innocence; this he was doomed to do with the sweat of his brow after his fall; every man has his land to till, or some calling, work, or business, to be employed in, either civil or sacred; and it becomes him to be diligent therein, and such as are shall...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 12:11: The idler's fate is the result of indolence and want of principle (Pro 6:32; Pro 7:7).
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 12:11: Pro 12:11 11 He that tilleth his own ground is satisfied with bread, And he that followeth after vain pursuits is devoid of understanding. Yet more complete is the antithetic parallelism in the doublette, Pro 28:19 (cf. also Sir. 20:27a).