In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Proverbs 14:23
Labour | עֵצֶב
ēṣeḇ
Pronunciation: eh'-tseb
Definition:
Sorrow, labour
Hurt, offense
Toil, hardship
Translations:
Sorrow 3x
Labour 2x
Grievous 1x
Profit | מוֹתָר
môṯār
Pronunciation: mo-thar'
Definition:
Pre-eminence, abundance, profit, superiority
Translations:
Profit 1x
Plenteousness 1x
Preeminence 1x
Talk | דָּבָר
dāḇār
Pronunciation: daw-baw'
Definition:
Speech
Saying, utterance
Business, occupation, acts
Translations:
Word 807x
Thing 231x
Acts 51x
Penury | מַחְסוֹר
maḥsôr
Pronunciation: makh-sore'
Definition:
Need, thing needed
Lack, want
Need, poverty
Translations:
Want 8x
Lack 1x
Poverty 1x
Paraphrase
In all [sorrow, toil] there is [profit, abundance]: but the [utterance, business] of the lips tendeth only to [lack, need]. Proverbs 14:23
Bible Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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.
