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Proverbs 14:23
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Proverbs 14:23
23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
23In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 14:23
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Benefit or advantage; also to benefit, improve, or advance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak or converse; speech or conversation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · KJV usage (PCE)
Want of property; indigence; extreme poverty.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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Open the full verse study24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Open the full verse study10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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Open the full verse study10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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Open the full verse study3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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Open the full verse study27Labour 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.
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Open the full verse study13And 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.
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Open the full verse study10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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