Proverbs 16:26

Webster's Bible (1833)

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 charged 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.

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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 kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 12 The 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.

  • 4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

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

  • 27 Don'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."

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

  • Eccl 2:21-22
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    21 For 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.

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

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

  • 18 That 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.

  • 8 There 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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    4 But let each man test his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.

    5 For each man will bear his own burden.

  • 2 For 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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    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.

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

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

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

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

  • 8 Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

  • 7 What 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?

  • 18 Behold, 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.

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

  • 16 This 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?

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

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

  • 2 Why 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.

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

  • 11 So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.

  • 6 You 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."

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

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

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

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