Proverbs 16:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

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In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.