Proverbs 14:23-24

New International Version

²³All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.

²⁴The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.^(A)

Proverbs 14:23-24

King James Version

²³In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

²⁴The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

²³In all labor there is profit,
But ^[a]idle chatter leads only to poverty.

²⁴The crown of the wise is their riches,
But the foolishness of fools is folly.

New International Version (NIV)