Proverbs · Proverbs 14
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
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The verses immediately either side, within Proverbs 14.
Before
22Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
After
24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
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