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All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. — Proverbs 14:23

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

In the original Hebrew

בְּכָל־עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מֹותָ֑ר וּדְבַרשְׂ֝־פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־לְמַחְסֹֽור׃

Proverbs 14:23
686 BC
★ 3.7
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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 14:23).

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