Devine Scripture

Proverbs 16:26

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

v.26This passage

v.27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 14:23

    In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8

    neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

  • Proverbs 9:12

    If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11

    and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

  • Ecclesiastes 6:7

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