Proverbs 14:23
With all hard work comes a profit, 1 but when there is only talk, it leads to poverty. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
24The crown of wise people is their wealth, 1 but the folly of fools brings them only more folly. 1
Cross References
Job 28:10He cuts out channels among the rocks; 1 his eye sees every valuable thing there. 1
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will rule, 1 but lazy people will be put to forced labor. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit does the worker gain in his labor?
John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but work for the food that endures to eternal life which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has set his seal on him.”
1 Timothy 5:13At the same time, they also learn to be lazy and they go around from house to house. They not only become lazy, but they also talk nonsense and are busybodies, saying things they should not say.
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 →