Proverbs 14:23
In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22They wander astray who work evil. But mercy and truth prepare good things.
24The crown of the wise is their wealth. The senselessness of the foolish is imprudence.
Cross References
Job 28:10He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the strong will rule. But anyone who is neglectful will pay tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What more does a man have from his labor?
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
1 Timothy 5:13And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them.
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 →