Proverbs 16:26
A good appetite helps workers—hunger encourages them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In Context
25There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.
27Worthless people plot evil and their words burn like fire.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.
Ecclesiastes 6:7Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.
2 Thessalonians 3:8—we didn't eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead we worked hard day and night so we wouldn't 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 →