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Proverbs 14:23
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In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tends] only to penury.
Those who work hard make a profit, but those who only talk will be poor.
In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Hard work is worthwhile, but empty talk will make you poor.
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
In all work there is profit, but mere talk produces only poverty.
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
If you work hard, you will have plenty. If you do nothing but talk, you will not have enough.
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.
Some good comes from all work. Nothing but talk leads only to being poor.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
In all your labor there is profit; but he who is young is carefree and at ease. The LORD heals every wound; but the talk of the lips of the wicked tends only to poverty.
Work and you will earn a living; if you sit around talking you will be poor.
By all labour, there will be abundance, but, the talk of the lips, tendeth only to want.
In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.
In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.
With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.
There is profit in all hard work,but endless talk leads only to poverty.
In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In all toil, there is profit, but the talk of lips leads only to poverty.
In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
Hard work always pays off; mere talk puts no bread on the table.
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all labor there is profit,But idle chatter [fn] leads only to poverty.
In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty.
In all painful labor there is profit,But mere words from the lips lead only to want.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
all: Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 28:19, John 6:27, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:11
but: Proverbs 10:10, Ecclesiastes 5:3, 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, 1 Timothy 5:13
Reciprocal: Judges 19:16 - his work Job 28:10 - every precious thing Proverbs 10:8 - but Proverbs 12:11 - tilleth Proverbs 16:26 - laboureth Ecclesiastes 3:9 - General Isaiah 19:15 - General Ephesians 4:28 - labour
Cross-References
They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
They also captured Lot—Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
Abram recovered all the goods that had been taken, and he brought back his nephew Lot with his possessions and all the women and other captives.
But the man of God said to the king, "Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.
But Elisha replied, "As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept any gifts." And though Naaman urged him to take the gift, Elisha refused.
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, "My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the Lord lives, I will chase after him and get something from him."
Now I am coming to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don't want what you have—I want you. After all, children don't provide for their parents. Rather, parents provide for their children.
Don't love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In all labour there is profit,.... Or "abundance" u; much is got by it, food, raiment, riches, wealth, wisdom, honour; either with the labour of the hands or head, and nothing is to be got without labour; and he that is laborious in his calling, whether it be by manual operation, working with his hands that which is good; or by hard study, much reading, and constant meditation, is like to gain much for his own use and the good of others;
but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury; or "want" w, of food and raiment, the common necessaries of life; a man that spends his time in idle talk, boasting of what he can do and does, and yet does nothing, is in a fair way to come to beggary: so all talk about wisdom, and knowledge, and religion, without making use of the proper means of improvement, tends to the poverty of the mind; and generally they are most empty of knowledge, natural or spiritual, that talk and brag most of it; empty casks make the greatest sound; good discourse, wholesome words, sound doctrine, thoroughly digested, tend indeed to edification, to the enriching of the mind; but vain words, the enticing words of men's wisdom; logomachies, striving about words to no profit; and all great swelling words of vanity, which are all mere lip labour; they tend to spiritual poverty and leanness of soul.
u מותר "abundantia", Tigurine version, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus. w למחסור "ad defectum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad egestatem", Tigurine version, Piscator, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The contrast between a single, thorough deed, and the mere emptiness of speech.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:23. In all labour there is profit — If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labours, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labours little. And a man of words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.
