Strong's Lexicon There is יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone profit מוֹתָ֑ר (mō·w·ṯār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4195: 1) pre-eminence, abundance, profit, superiority 1a) abundance, plenty 1b) pre-eminence, superiority in all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything labor, עֶ֭צֶב (‘e·ṣeḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6089: 1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship 1a) pain 1b) hurt, offense 1c) toil, hardship 2) vessel, creation, object 3) (TWOT) idol but mere talk וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇa·rś-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם (p̄ā·ṯa·yim) Noun - fd Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc) leads only אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive) to poverty. לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4270: 1) need, poverty, thing needed 1a) need, thing needed 1b) lack, want 1c) need, poverty Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThere is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty. Young's Literal Translation In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want. Holman Christian Standard Bible There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty. New American Standard Bible In all labor there is profit, But mere talk [leads] only to poverty. King James Bible In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury. Parallel Verses New International Version All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. New Living Translation Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty! English Standard Version In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. New American Standard Bible In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. King James Bible In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Holman Christian Standard Bible There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty. International Standard Version In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty. NET Bible In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty. American Standard Version In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. English Revised Version In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Young's Literal Translation In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want. Cross References Proverbs 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. Proverbs 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Proverbs 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Proverbs 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. Proverbs 14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Jump to Previous Advantage Hard Labor Lips Makes Mere Penury Poor Poverty Profit Talk Tendeth Tends Toil Want WorkJump to Next Advantage Hard Labor Lips Makes Mere Penury Poor Poverty Profit Talk Tendeth Tends Toil Want WorkLinks Proverbs 14:23 NIVProverbs 14:23 NLT Proverbs 14:23 ESV Proverbs 14:23 NASB Proverbs 14:23 KJV Proverbs 14:23 Bible Apps Proverbs 14:23 Parallel Proverbs 14:23 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 14:23 Chinese Bible Proverbs 14:23 French Bible Proverbs 14:23 German Bible Proverbs 14:23 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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