Proverbs 16:26 - King James 2000

²⁶ He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

Common English Bible

²⁶ The appetite of workers labors for them, for their hunger presses them on.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.

Proverbs 16:26 Tagairtí Cros

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In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 16:27

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

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

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