Proverbs 14:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.

Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches: But the folly of fools is only folly.

Proverbs 28:19

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

1 Timothy 5:13

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.