Proverbs 14:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
  • 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat." 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them. 11 We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

  • Prov 16:26
    75%

    26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Prov 21:5-6
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    74%

    5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

    6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Eccl 3:9
    74%

    9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

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

  • Prov 10:14-16
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    73%

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

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

    16 The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 20:14-15
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    14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

    15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

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

  • Prov 23:4
    73%

    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3 The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 15:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 16:23
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:21-22
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    72%

    21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

    22 Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    71%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

    14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 12:23-24
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    23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.

    24 The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

  • Prov 14:22
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    22 Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

  • Prov 16:21
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    21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 13:3-4
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    3 He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

    4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11 He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Prov 21:23
    70%

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

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Eccl 4:6
    70%

    6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

  • Prov 19:15
    70%

    15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.