Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is advantage, || And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Literal Standard Version
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 who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
24The crown of the wise is their wealth, || The folly of fools [is] folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10Among rocks, he has cleaved brooks, || And his eye has seen every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent rules, || And slothfulness becomes tributary.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What advantage does the doer have in that which he is laboring at?
John 6:27do not work for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to continuous life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for the Father sealed Him—[even] God.”
1 Timothy 5:13and also at the same time, they learn [to be] idle, going around the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking things they should 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 →