Proverbs 14:23
There's profit in hard work, but just talking leads to poverty.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
24The wise are rewarded with wealth, but stupid people are rewarded with stupidity.
Cross References
Job 28:10They tunnel through the rock, looking carefully for every precious stone.
Proverbs 12:24Hard work brings leadership, but laziness brings slavery.
Ecclesiastes 3:9So what do you get for all your hard work?
John 6:27Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”
1 Timothy 5:13They also get used to a lazy life, just visiting each other in their homes. Not only lazy, but they gossip and meddle, talking about things they shouldn't.
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 →