Proverbs 14:23

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

KJV

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

ASV

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

BBE

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 23

Labour of the head, or of the hand, will turn to some good account. But if men's religion runs all out in talk and noise, they will come to nothing.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.