Proverbs 16:26

New American Bible - revised edition

The appetite of workers works for them, for their mouths urge them on.

Cross References

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit, but mere talk tends only to loss.

Proverbs 16:25

Sometimes a way seems right, but the end of it leads to death!

Proverbs 16:27

Scoundrels are a furnace of evil, and their lips are like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, wisdom is to your advantage; if you are arrogant, you alone shall bear it.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied.