Proverbs 14:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. In all labor there is profit - If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labors, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labors little. And a man words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.