Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
Cross References
Job 28:10He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
John 6:27Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
1 Timothy 5:13And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.
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 →