American Standard Version
Proverbs 16:26
26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
Proverbs 16:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- New International Version (NIV)The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A worker's appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on.
Context of Proverbs 16:26
24Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death. The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto. 27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. 28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:26 word by word
נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:26
- Proverbs 9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Proverbs 14:23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8neither 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:
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He that laboureth - No thanks to a man for his labor and industry; if he do not work he must starve.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26He that laboreth - literally, as in the margin, i. e., “The desire of the laborer labors for him” (or, helps him in his work), “for his mouth urges him on.” Hunger of some kind is the spring of all hearty labor. Without that the man would sit down and take his ease. So also, unless there is a hunger in the soul, craving to be fed, there can be no true labor after righteousness and wisdom (compare Matthew 5:6).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 We must labour for the meat which endureth to everlasting life, or we must perish.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. Diligence is a duty due to one's self, for his wants require labor.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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