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Proverbs 14:23

23 In all labor there is profit,

But 5idle chatter leads only to poverty.

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Proverbs 14:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 All hard work brings a profit,

but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 In all toil there is profit,

but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 In all labour there is profit:

But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 14:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 Work brings profit,

but mere talk leads to poverty!

Proverbs 14:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 Those who work hard make a profit,

but those who only talk will be poor.

Proverbs 14:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 In all labor there is profit;

But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 14:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.

Proverbs 14:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 In hard work there is always something gained, 

but idle talk leads only to poverty. 

Proverbs 14:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 There is profit in all hard work,

but endless talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 In all toil there is profit,

but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

23 In all toil, there is profit,

but the talk of lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 All hard work pays off.

But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.

Proverbs 14:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 In all labor there is profit,

But mere talk leads only to poverty.


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