Proverbs 14:23
In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.
24The crown of the wise is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence.
Cross References
Job 28:10In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful, shall be under tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What hath man more of his labour?
John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
1 Timothy 5:13And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which 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 →