Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In Context
22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
Cross References
Job 28:10Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
Ecclesiastes 3:9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
John 6:27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.'
1 Timothy 5:13and at the same time also, they learn [to be] idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things 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 →