Proverbs 16:26

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 16:26 in other translations

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;
for his mouth urges him on.

Proverbs 16:26 · World English Bible

Proverbs 16:26 in context

  1. 24Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
  2. 25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
  3. 26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
  4. 27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
  5. 28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.