Proverbs 16:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.”
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“A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused <FI>him<Fi> to bend over it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:26 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
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