Proverbs 14:23 - Revised Standard Version

²³ In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 28:10

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

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 14:22

Do they not err that devise evil? Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.

Proverbs 28:19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What gain has the worker from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 5:3

For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, gadding about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.