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Proverbs 14:23

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

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  1. Proverbs 14:21

    He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  2. Proverbs 14:22

    Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

  3. Proverbs 14:24

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

  4. Proverbs 14:25

    A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.