Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10He cuts out channels amongst the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labour.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit has he who works in that in which he labours?
John 6:27Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
1 Timothy 5:13Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying 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 →