Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.
Cross References
Job 28:10He breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
John 6:27Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shall giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
1 Timothy 5:13And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.
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 →