Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In Context
25There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
27A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:26
Malice and Envy. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. This we had before ( ch. xiv. 12 ), but here it is repeated, as that which is very necessary to be thought of, 1. By way of caution to us all to take heed of deceiving ourselves in the great concerns of our souls by resting in that which seems right and is not really so, and, for the preventing of a self-delusion, to be impartial in self-examination and keep up a jealousy over ourselves. 2. By way of terror… Read the whole commentary →