King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 14:23
“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 14
21
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
22
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
24
The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.