“In all hard work there is profit,but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”
Proverbs 14:23 (WEB)
Context Reading
21He who despises his neighbor sins,but he who has pity on the poor is blessed. 22Don’t they go astray who plot evil?But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good. 23In all hard work there is profit,but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. 24The crown of the wise is their riches,but the folly of fools crowns them with folly. 25A truthful witness saves souls,but a false witness is deceitful.