BibleTools.info

Bible Verse Explanations and Resources


Loading...

Proverbs 14:23

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

In all labor there is profit - If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labors, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labors little. And a man words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

The contrast between a single, thorough deed, and the mere emptiness of speech.

Ellen G. White
Education, 135

“He that walketh uprightly walketh surely.”

There is no branch of legitimate business for which the Bible does not afford an essential preparation. Its principles of diligence, honesty, thrift, temperance, and purity are the secret of true success. These principles, as set forth in the book of Proverbs, constitute a treasury of practical wisdom. Where can the merchant, the artisan, the director of men in any department of business, find better maxims for himself or for his employees than are found in these words of the wise man: Ed 135.1

Read in context »