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Proverbs 14:23 Interlinear

“ In all labour there is profit but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury”

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Proverbs 14 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בְּכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2	עֶ֭צֶב	H6089	In all labour	an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
3	יִהְיֶ֣ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4	מוֹתָ֑ר	H4195	there is profit	literally gain; figuratively, superiority
5	וּדְבַר	H1697	but the talk	a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
6	שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם	H8193	of the lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7	אַךְ	H389		a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
8	לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃	H4270	tendeth only to penury	deficiency; hence, impoverishment

Proverbs 14:23 (current) In all labour there is profit but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury