Proverbs 14:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:24 : 24 The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
  • Prov 28:19 : 19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
  • John 6:27 : 27 work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'
  • 2 Thess 3:10-12 : 10 for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, 11 for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working, 12 and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
  • Heb 6:10-11 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering; 11 and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 and at the same time also, they learn `to be' idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
  • Eccl 5:3 : 3 For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 13:11
    77%

    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Prov 14:24
    76%

    24The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools `is' folly.

  • Prov 16:26
    75%

    26A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.

  • Prov 21:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

    6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • Prov 13:23
    74%

    23Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.

    20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

  • Eccl 3:9
    74%

    9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

  • Prov 10:19
    73%

    19In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.

  • Eccl 6:7
    73%

    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

  • Prov 10:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.

    15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.

    16The wage of the righteous `is' for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

  • Prov 20:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

    15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 19:1
    73%

    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Prov 23:4
    73%

    4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

  • Prov 11:24
    73%

    24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Job 15:3
    72%

    3To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 16:23
    72%

    23The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,

  • Prov 10:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

    22The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Prov 12:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

    24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

  • Eccl 2:21
    71%

    21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

  • Eccl 1:3
    71%

    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

  • Prov 14:22
    71%

    22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,

  • Prov 16:21
    71%

    21To the wise in heart is called, `Intelligent,' And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.

  • Prov 1:19
    70%

    19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.

  • Prov 13:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips -- ruin to him!

    4The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

  • Prov 15:7
    70%

    7The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

  • Prov 21:23
    70%

    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

  • Eccl 4:6
    70%

    6`Better `is' a handful `with' quietness, than two handfuls `with' labour and vexation of spirit.'

  • Prov 15:23
    70%

    23Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

  • Prov 19:15
    70%

    15Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

  • Prov 24:34
    70%

    34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 10:18
    70%

    18By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.

  • Prov 11:4
    69%

    4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.