Proverbs 16:26

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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

In all labour 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.