箴言 14:23

23 诸 般 勤 劳 都 有 益 处 ； 嘴 上 多 言 乃 致 穷 乏 。

箴言 14:23 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 14:23

In all labour there is profit
Or "abundance" ^F21; much is got by it, food, raiment, riches, wealth, wisdom, honour; either with the labour of the hands or head, and nothing is to be got without labour; and he that is laborious in his calling, whether it be by manual operation, working with his hands that which is good; or by hard study, much reading, and constant meditation, is like to gain much for his own use and the good of others; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury;
or "want" ^F23, of food and raiment, the common necessaries of life; a man that spends his time in idle talk, boasting of what he can do and does, and yet does nothing, is in a fair way to come to beggary: so all talk about wisdom, and knowledge, and religion, without making use of the proper means of improvement, tends to the poverty of the mind; and generally they are most empty of knowledge, natural or spiritual, that talk and brag most of it; empty casks make the greatest sound; good discourse, wholesome words, sound doctrine, thoroughly digested, tend indeed to edification, to the enriching of the mind; but vain words, the enticing words of men's wisdom; logomachies, striving about words to no profit; and all great swelling words of vanity, which are all mere lip labour; they tend to spiritual poverty and leanness of soul.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rtwm) "abundantia", Tigurine version, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus.
F23 (rwoxml) "ad defectum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad egestatem", Tigurine version, Piscator, Cocceius.

箴言 14:23 In-Context

21 藐 视 邻 舍 的 ， 这 人 有 罪 ； 怜 悯 贫 穷 的 ， 这 人 有 福 。

22 谋 恶 的 ， 岂 非 走 入 迷 途 麽 ？ 谋 善 的 ， 必 得 慈 爱 和 诚 实 。

23 诸 般 勤 劳 都 有 益 处 ； 嘴 上 多 言 乃 致 穷 乏 。

24 智 慧 人 的 财 为 自 己 的 冠 冕 ； 愚 妄 人 的 愚 昧 终 是 愚 昧 。

25 作 真 见 证 的 ， 救 人 性 命 ； 吐 出 谎 言 的 ， 施 行 诡 诈 。