Proverbs 14:23 - Revised Standard Version

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

In all labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty.

American Standard Version (1901)

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Common English Bible

There is profit in hard work, but mere talk leads to poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Proverbs 14:23 Cross References

Job 28:10

He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What gain has the worker from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, gadding about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.