Proverbs 14:23
בְּכָל ־ עֶצֶב יִהְיֶה מוֹתָר וּדְבַר ־ שְׂפָתַיִם אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22הֲֽלוֹא ־ יִתְעוּ חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וְחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת חֹרְשֵׁי טֽוֹב ׃
24עֲטֶרֶת חֲכָמִים עָשְׁרָם אִוֶּלֶת כְּסִילִים אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Cross References
Job 28:10בַּצּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִים בִּקֵּעַ וְכָל ־ יְקָר רָאֲתָה עֵינֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 12:24יַד ־ חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַֽס ׃
Ecclesiastes 3:9מַה ־ יִּתְרוֹן הָֽעוֹשֶׂה בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא עָמֵֽל ׃
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 →