Proverbs 12:24 contrasts diligent and slack hands, echoing the principle that labor brings profit while slackness leads to poverty.

Proverbs 28:19 contrasts tilling land with pursuing worthless things, matching the contrast here between labor profit and talk leading to poverty.

Proverbs 10:8 contrasts a wise heart with a chattering fool, closely matching the contrast of work vs. talk.

Proverbs 12:11 contrasts working land with worthless pursuits, directly paralleling the profit of labor vs. idleness.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 commands work and condemns idleness and busybody talk, directly reinforcing the profit of labor.

1 Timothy 5:13 describes idlers who become gossips, connecting idleness with harmful talk similar to 'mere talk tends to poverty'.

Ephesians 4:28 commands honest labor to share with others, reinforcing the same value of productive work over idleness.

Ecclesiastes 5:3 links many words with foolishness, paralleling the idea that mere talk results in poverty.