Proverbs 14:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:24 : 24 ¶ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 ¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
  • John 6:27 : 27 ‹Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.›
  • 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice [is known] by multitude of words.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 ¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11¶ Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

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    24¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 16:26
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    26¶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • Prov 21:5-6
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    5¶ The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

    6¶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19¶ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

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  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

  • Prov 10:19
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    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Prov 10:14-16
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    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

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  • Prov 20:14-15
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    14¶ [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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    1¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 23:4
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    4¶ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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    24¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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    3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

  • Prov 22:16
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    16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 10:21-22
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    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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  • Eccl 5:13-14
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  • Eccl 2:21
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    3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

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    21¶ The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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