Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
Darby Translation
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 that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
24The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
John 6:27Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even] God.
1 Timothy 5:13And, at the same time, they learn also [to be] idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.
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 →