Proverbs 14:23

The Passion Translation

If you work hard at what you do, great abundance will come to you. But merely talking about getting rich while living to only pursue your pleasures brings you face-to-face with poverty.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:10

The troublemaker always has a clever plan and won’t look you in the eye, but the one who speaks correction honestly can be trusted to make peace.

Proverbs 12:24

If you want to reign in life, don’t sit on your hands. Instead, work hard at doing what’s right, for the slacker will end up working to make someone else succeed.

Proverbs 14:22

Haven’t you noticed how evil schemers always wander astray? But kindness and truth come to those who make plans to be pure in all their ways.

Proverbs 14:24

The true net worth of the wise is the wealth that wisdom imparts. But the way of life for the fool is his foolishness.

Proverbs 28:19

Work hard and you’ll have all you desire, but chase a fantasy and you could end up with nothing.

John 6:27

Why would you strive for food that is perishable and not be passionate to seek the food of eternal life, which never spoils? I, the Son of Man, am ready to give you what matters most, for God the Father has destined me for this purpose.”

1 Timothy 5:13

Those widows who go around from house to house as busybodies are only learning to be lazy, making their situation even worse by talking too much, gossiping, and speaking things they shouldn’t. They become far too obsessed with empty things that will not bear good fruit.