Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
24Riches are a crown to the wise; But the promotion of fools is folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10He cleaveth out streams in the rocks, And his eye seeth every precious thing;
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be under tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?
John 6:27Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.
1 Timothy 5:13and withal they learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and 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 →