Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
Updated King James Version
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 devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit has he that works in that wherein he labours?
John 6:27Labour not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him has God the Father sealed.
1 Timothy 5:13And likewise they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossiping also and busybodies, speaking 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 →