23All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.


In Context

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.

22 Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.

23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.

25 A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful.

Proverbs 14:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:23In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:23In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.