Proverbs 16:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁶ He that laboreth, laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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²⁶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him.

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²⁶ The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.

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²⁶ The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

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²⁶ The appetite of workers labors for them, for their hunger presses them on.

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²⁶ The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.

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

In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.