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


In Context

20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

22 Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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

24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

25 A truthful witness saves souls, 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:23All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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 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.