Proverbs 16:26

The nefesh (appetite) of the laborer works for him, 1 for his peh (mouth) of hunger driveth him on. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

In Context

25There is a derech that seemeth yashar (right) before an ish, 1 but its acharit (future, latter end) is the drakhei mavet. 1

27An ish Beliya'al diggeth up ra'ah, 1 and in his sfatayim (lips) there is as a scorching eish. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:12If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, 1 but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer. 1

Ecclesiastes 6:7All the amal (labor) of haAdam is for his mouth, and yet the nefesh is not satisfied.

2 Thessalonians 3:8Nor did we eat lechem (food) from anyone gratis, but in labor and exertion lailah v'yomam (night and day) we were working for the tachlis (purpose) of not weighing down and burdening any one 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 →

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