Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the labouring man labours for him, for his mouth urges him on.
World English Bible British
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 in the end it leads to death.
27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
2 Thessalonians 3:8neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labour and travail worked night and day, that we might not 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 →