Proverbs 14:23

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

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

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

KJV · King James Version

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

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

all: Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 28:19; John 6:27; Hebrews 6:10, 11
but: Proverbs 10:10; Ecclesiastes 5:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12; 1 Timothy 5:13