Proverbs 14:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ 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

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ 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.