Verse 26

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

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.