Proverbs 16:26 · KJV
“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}”
— Proverbs 16:26
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}
Proverbs 16 — Context
Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. {soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}
Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.
2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but {if} thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear {it}.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;