Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
In other versions
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips `tendeth' only to penury.
ASV
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
BBE
In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
DBY
In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
WEB
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips `is' only to want.
YLT
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
ENG
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
WBT
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
BSB
In context
21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.