Proverbs 14:23 - English Standard Version 2016 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 In all labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty. American Standard Version (1901) In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Common English Bible There is profit in hard work, but mere talk leads to poverty. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want. |
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.