Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, 1 but idle chatter of the sfatayim (lips) tendeth only to makhsor (poverty, want). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 go astray that plot rah? 1 But chesed and emes shall be to them that plan tov. 1
24The ateret chachamim is their riches, 1 but the foolishness of kesilim is folly. 1
Cross References
Job 28:10He cutteth out channels through the tzurot (rocks), 1 and his eye seeth every precious thing. 1
Proverbs 12:24The yad of the kharutzim (diligent ones) shall rule, 1 but the remiyyah (deceitfully lazy man) shall be put to forced labor. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit hath the worker from his amal (labor)?
John 6:27Do not work for the okhel that is perishing, but for the okhel remaining to Chayyei Olam, which the Bar Enosh + 6:27 Moshiach will give to you, for Elohim HaAv has set His chotam (seal) on this one. + 6:27 Isa 55:2
1 Timothy 5:13And at the same time also they learn atzlut, going around house to house, and not only idle but also platke machers (gossipy intriguers) and busybodies, speaking things 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 →