Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.
24The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
John 6:27Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.
1 Timothy 5:13And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:23
22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. See here, 1. How miserably mistaken those are that not only do evil, but devise it: Do they not err? Yes, certainly they do; every one knows it. They think that by sinning with craft and contrivance, and carrying on their intrigues with more plot and artifice than others, they shall make a better hand of their sins than others do, and come off better. But they are mistaken. God's justice cannot be out-witted. Those that… Read the whole commentary →