Proverbs 14:23

A Conservative Version

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

John 6:27

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall.

1 Timothy 5:13

And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth [are to] those who devise good.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly.

Job 28:10

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

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?