Verse 23

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

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.