Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
‘In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.’ All labour profits, but all talk and no work brings poverty. A man of words is not always a man of deeds.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 warns that if any would not work, neither should he eat. This is a principle based on the part of the curse to make a living by the sweat of the brow (Gen. 3:19). Idleness has always been a curse and always will be. It is wrong to support men who will not work and share their own responsibility.
The wicked are often reduced to poverty and forced to borrow. He doesn’t pay back either because he’s wicked, or because he has no money. The righteous shows mercy and gives his bountiful blessing from God (Ps. 37:21-22, 26).
Twenty statements about God, the rich and poor: Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness (Ps. 107:31). Oh that they would praise Him for His wonderful works. Let them exalt Him in the congregation (Ps. 107:32). Let them praise Him in the assembly of the elders – those who have served God for years. He turns rivers into a wilderness (Ps. 107:33). He turns water springs dry. He makes the fruitful land barren, because of the sins of men (Ps. 107:34). He turns the desert into a well-watered land (Ps. 107:35; Isa. 35:1-10). He turns the dry ground into water springs. There He makes a place for the hungry to live (Ps. 107:36). There He prepares them a site for a city. There He causes them to sow in fruitful fields (Ps. 107:37). He causes them to plant fruitful vineyards. He blesses them with children (Ps. 107:38). He increases their cattle. Again, because of sin, they are brought to poverty (Ps. 107:39). He pours contempt upon princes [leaders] who cause the people to sin (Ps. 107:40). They again wander in barren lands that are cursed because of sin. He blesses the poor (Ps. 107:41). He increases them like a flock.
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