Proverbs 14:23

New King James Version

In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

Proverbs 12:24

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

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes through much activity, And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks with the eye causes trouble, But a prating fool will fall.

1 Timothy 5:13

And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not go astray who devise evil? But mercy and truth belong to those who devise good.

Proverbs 14:24

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

Job 28:10

He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?