"Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field."
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And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
Moreover the earth is every way profitable: the king [himself] is dependent upon the field.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
\5:10\He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.