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Proverbs 16:26

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

He {H5315} that laboureth {H6001} laboureth {H5998} for himself; for his mouth {H6310} craveth {H404} it of him.

A working man's appetite acts on his behalf, because his hunger presses him on.

A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 6:7 (5 votes)

    ¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Proverbs 9:12 (3 votes)

    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

  • Proverbs 14:23 (3 votes)

    ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8 (2 votes)

    Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:12 (2 votes)

    Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (1 votes)

    And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (1 votes)

    That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.