SinaiProverbs 14:23
American Standard Version
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Proverbs 14:23 in other translations
In all hard work there is profit,
but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 in context
- 21He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth; But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
- 22Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
- 23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
- 24The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
- 25A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.