Proverbs 16:26
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In Context
25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden 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 →