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Proverbs 16:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; For his mouth craveth it of him.

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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 labour there is profit: But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.


There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.


A worthless man deviseth mischief: And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.


If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: And if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.


All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.