Proverbs Chapter 14 verse 23 Holy Bible
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips `tendeth' only to penury.
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In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
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In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
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In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
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In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - In all labour there is profit. All honest industry has a reward, and all care and pain borne for a good object bring comfort and content (comp. Proverbs 10:22). So the Greek distich says - Ἅπαντα τὰ καλὰ τοῦ πονοῦντος γίγνεται "To him who labours all fair things belong." In contrast to the diligent are those who talk much and do nothing. But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury (Proverbs 21:5). Those who work much get profit; those who talk much and do little come to want. So in spiritual matters Christ teaches that they who think that prayer is heard for much speaking are mistaken; and he adds, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 6:7; Matthew 7:21). Septuagint, "In every one who taketh thought (μεριμνῶντι) there is abundance; he who liveth pleasantly and without pain shall be in want." Cato, 'Dist.,' 1:10 - "Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis:Sermo datus cunctis, animi sapientia paucis." . . .