Proverbs 14:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ In all labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Common English Bible

²³ There is profit in hard work, but mere talk leads to poverty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.

Proverbs 14:23 Cross References

Proverbs 28:19

Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Proverbs 12:24

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

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”

Proverbs 10:10

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but one who rebukes boldly makes peace.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil err? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 14:24

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

Job 28:10

They cut out channels in the rocks, and their eyes see every precious thing.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What gain have the workers from their toil?