22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
23 In all labor there is profit,
But [a]mere talk leads only to poverty.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:23 Lit word of lips

22 If you plan to do evil, you will be lost;
    if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness.

23 Work brings profit,
    but mere talk leads to poverty!

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