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

²⁶ The appetite of workers works for them; their hunger urges them on.

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

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

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

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.