Proverbs 16:26
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Bible in Basic English
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 straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
27A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
2 Thessalonians 3:8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to 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 →