Proverbs 16:26
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- KJV
- He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- WEB
- The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
- ASV
- The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto].
- DARBY
- The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
- BLB
- The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth presses him onward.
- ÅB
- Arbeiderens sult arbeider for ham; for hans munn driver ham fram.
- OTB
- En arbeiders appetitt arbeider for dem; deres sult driver dem frem.
- B1930
- Arbeiderens sult arbeider for ham; for hans munn driver ham frem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Read in contextProverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Read in contextProverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:8–12
Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:11–12
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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