Proverbs 14:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat their own bread.
  • Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For a dream comes through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a prating fool shall fall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:11
    77%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 16:26
    75%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 21:5-6
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    74%

    5The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 13:23
    74%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Eccl 3:9
    74%

    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Prov 10:14-16
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    73%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

    16The labor of the righteous tends to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  • Prov 20:14-15
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    73%

    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 23:4
    73%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

  • Prov 11:24
    73%

    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Job 15:3
    72%

    3Should he argue with unprofitable talk, or with speeches that do no good?

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 16:23
    72%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

  • Prov 10:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

    24The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

  • Eccl 2:21
    71%

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Eccl 1:3
    71%

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Prov 14:22
    71%

    22Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 13:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

    4The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Prov 21:23
    70%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Eccl 4:6
    70%

    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • Prov 19:15
    70%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 24:34
    70%

    34So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.