Proverbs 16:26

World English Bible (2000)

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

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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 you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; 12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
  • 2 Thess 3:8-9 : 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you; 9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us. 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat." 11 For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Prov 9:12 : 12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
  • Prov 14:23 : 23 In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 6:7
    81%

    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

  • Prov 21:25-26
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    75%

    25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

    26There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.

  • Prov 14:23
    75%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 13:4
    73%

    4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

  • Prov 10:16
    73%

    16The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

  • Prov 28:19
    73%

    19One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
    73%

    6The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

  • Prov 12:11
    73%

    11He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

  • Eccl 3:9
    73%

    9What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

  • Prov 16:25
    72%

    25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

  • Prov 12:14
    72%

    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 19:15
    72%

    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  • Prov 26:15
    72%

    15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

  • Prov 16:27
    72%

    27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    71%

    18For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain." And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

  • Prov 18:20
    71%

    20A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

  • John 6:27
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    27Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

  • Prov 12:27
    71%

    27The slothful man doesn't roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

  • Eccl 2:21-22
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

  • Prov 13:2
    71%

    2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

  • Job 20:18
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    18That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

  • Eccl 4:8
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    8There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

  • Gal 6:4-5
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    4But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

    5For each man will bear his own burden.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

  • Eccl 2:24-25
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    24There 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.

    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • Eccl 4:5-6
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    5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

    6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

  • Prov 21:5
    70%

    5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

  • Prov 6:8
    70%

    8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
    69%

    7What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn't eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn't drink from the flock's milk?

  • Eccl 5:18
    69%

    18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

  • Prov 13:25
    69%

    25The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

  • Eccl 5:16
    69%

    16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

  • Prov 23:4
    69%

    4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

  • Prov 22:16
    69%

    16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Isa 55:2
    69%

    2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  • Prov 1:19
    69%

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 6:11
    69%

    11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

  • Hag 1:6
    69%

    6You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it."

  • Prov 18:9
    69%

    9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • 2 Thess 3:10
    69%

    10For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

  • Prov 20:4
    69%

    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Prov 19:24
    69%

    24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.