Proverbs 14:23 | |
NASB: In all labor there is profit, But mere talk [leads] only to poverty. (NASB ©1995) GWT: In hard work there is always something gained, but idle talk leads only to poverty. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. ASV: In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. BBE: In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor. DBY: In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want. JPS: In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. WBS: In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. WEB: In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty. YLT: In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. | |
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