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Proverbs 14:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 23 There is benefit in every kind of hard work,
  But mere talk leads to want.+

Proverbs 14:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 23 There is benefit in every kind of hard work,
  But mere talk leads to want.+

Proverbs 14:23

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 23 By every kind of toil there comes to be an advantage,+ but merely the word of the lips [tends] to want.

Proverbs 14:23

The Bible in Living English
- 23 By any hard work there will be a clear profit;
  but lip-talk comes only to a deficit.

Proverbs 14:23

American Standard Version
- 23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Proverbs 14:23

King James Version
- 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.