Proverbs 14:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Young's Literal Translation
In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.

King James Bible
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

Hebrew
There is
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

profit
מוֹתָ֑ר (mō·w·ṯār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4195: Abundance, preeminence

in all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

labor,
עֶ֭צֶב (‘e·ṣeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang

but mere talk
וּדְבַר־ (ū·ḏə·ḇa·rś-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

leads only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

to poverty.
לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃ (lə·maḥ·sō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4270: A need, thing needed, poverty

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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