Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
KJV
In omni opere erit abundantia ; ubi autem verba sunt plurima, ibi frequenter egestas.
Vulgate
ἐν παντὶ μεριμνῶντι ἔνεστιν περισσόν, ὁ δὲ ἡδὺς καὶ ἀνάλγητος ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ἔσται.
LXX
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.
ASV
בְּ/כָל עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּ/דְבַר שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ לְ/מַחְסֽוֹר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
י
y
noun · 177×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַחְסֽוֹר
mchsvr
noun · 13×
מוֹתָ֑ר
mvtr
noun · 3×
עֶ֖צֶב
'tsb
noun · 7×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. To every careful thinker there is a gain Proverbs 14:23, Septuagint, says the proverb; and Christ implied more than this, when He said, He that seeks finds. Matthew 7:8 Wherefore it does not occur to me any more to wonder how Philip followed Christ. Andrew was persuaded when he had heard from John, and Peter the same from Andrew, but Philip not having learned anything from a…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- 2Thess 3:10 — For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
- Eccl 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- Eccl 5:3 — For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Judg 19:16 — And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- Prov 10:10 — He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 16:26 — He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- Prov 28:19 — He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.