Proverbs 31:16
She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
BSB
ASV
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
KJV
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
She considereth a field and buyeth it - 5. She provides for the growing wants of her family. More land will shortly be needed, for the family is growing up; and having seen a field contiguous to her own, which was on sale, she estimates its worth, and purchases it a good bargain; and she pays for it by the fruit of her own industry. 6. She does not restrict herself to the bare necessaries of life; she is able to procure some of its comforts.
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Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that…
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if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
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Song of Solomon 8:12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
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Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I…
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Joshua 15:18One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
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When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel