Proverbs 16:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ A worker's appetite works for him; his mouth urges him 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 the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

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

There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.