Proverbs 16:26
נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָמְלָה לּוֹ כִּֽי ־ אָכַף עָלָיו פִּֽיהוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In Context
25יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי ־ אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃
27אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל ־ שפתיו כְּאֵשׁ צָרָֽבֶת ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 9:12אִם ־ חָכַמְתָּ חָכַמְתָּ לָּךְ וְלַצְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ תִשָּֽׂא ׃
Ecclesiastes 6:7כָּל ־ עֲמַל הָאָדָם לְפִיהוּ וְגַם ־ הַנֶּפֶשׁ לֹא תִמָּלֵֽא ׃
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 →