Proverbs 16:26
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto] .
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- 1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you; 12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
- 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: 9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. 11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
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23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
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4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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16 The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.
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19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
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6 The husbandmen that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.
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11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
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25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
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14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
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27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
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18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.
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12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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20 A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
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27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
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21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
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2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
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18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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8 There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [saith he], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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4 But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of his neighbor.
5 For each man shall bear his own burden.
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24 There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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5 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want.
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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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24 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.