Proverbs 14:23
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
יַעַל
yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →יַעַל yaʻal
properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
Study H3276 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →Cross References
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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