Proverbs 14:23

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Cross References

Job 28:10

He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

Proverbs 10:10

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Proverbs 12:24

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Proverbs 14:22

Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

Proverbs 28:19

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

John 6:27

Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.*

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.