Proverbs 16:26

The Scriptures 1998

He who labours, labours for himself, For his mouth drives him on.

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In all labour there is profit, But talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

A man of Beliyaʽ

If you have become wise, You have become wise for yourself, And if you have scoffed, You alone bear it.

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