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Proverbs 16:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The appetite of workers works for them; their hunger urges them on.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

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Common English Bible

The appetite of workers labors for them, for their hunger presses them on.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

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Proverbs 16:26
7 Cross References  

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.


Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right, but in the end it is the way to death.


Scoundrels concoct evil, and their speech is like a scorching fire.


If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.


All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.