Proverbs 16:26

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Cross References

Proverbs 14:23

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

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 16:27

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

Proverbs 9:12

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

Ecclesiastes 6:7

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