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Proverbs 14:23
23If you work hard, something good will come. But if you only talk about it, you will become poor.
Proverbs 14:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
- New International Version (NIV)All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In all labor there is profit, But idle chatter leads only to poverty.
Context of Proverbs 14:23
21It is a sin if you do not respect your neighbour. But if you are kind to helpless people, God will bless you. 22People who want to do evil things have lost their way. But those who want to do good things show faithful love. If you work hard, something good will come. But if you only talk about it, you will become poor. 24For wise people, their riches are like a crown of honour. But fools only work to get foolish things. 25Someone who speaks the truth in court may save a life. But someone who always tells lies deceives everyone.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:23 word by word
בְּכָל־עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:23
- Proverbs 12:24If you work hard, you will become a leader. But if you are lazy, you will become a slave.
- Proverbs 28:19A farmer who works hard will have plenty of food to eat. But anyone who works only on useless things will always be poor.
- John 6:27Do not work only for that kind of food. It soon becomes spoiled. Instead, work to get the food that continues for ever. That kind of food gives you life with God. The Son of Man will give this food to you. God, the Father, has given the Son authority to do this.’
- Hebrews 6:10God is always right and fair. He will not forget all the good things that you have done. You have shown that you love him very much, because you have helped the other believers. And you continue to help them as God's servants.
- Proverbs 10:10Someone who deceives his friends causes trouble. And someone who speaks in foolish ways will destroy himself.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3If you worry about many things, you will have many dreams. If you talk too much, you will say foolish things.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10Even when we were there with you, we told you this rule: ‘If anyone refuses to work, you should not give food to him.’
- 1 Timothy 5:13Young widows may learn to be lazy. They may go around from house to house. Not only do they become lazy, but they talk too much about silly things. They talk wrongly about other people and what they are doing. They say things that they ought not to say.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23In all labor there is profit - If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labors, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labors little. And a man words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The contrast between a single, thorough deed, and the mere emptiness of speech.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23Verse 23 Labour of the head, or of the hand, will turn to some good account. But if men's religion runs all out in talk and noise, they will come to nothing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. labour--painful diligence. talk ... penury--idle and vain promises and plans.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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