Proverbs 16:26
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The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

He

Proverbs 9:12 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

Proverbs 14:23 In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

1 Thessalonians 4:11,12 And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's. . . .

2 Thessalonians 3:8-12 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you. . . .

craveth it of him boweth unto him

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
25There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death. 26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.27The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.…
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

Proverbs 16:27
The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

Lexicon
A worker’s
עָ֭מֵל (‘ā·mêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful

appetite
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

works
עָ֣מְלָה (‘ā·mə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5998: To toil, work severely and with irksomeness

for him
לּ֑וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

his hunger
פִּֽיהוּ׃ (pî·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

drives
אָכַ֖ף (’ā·ḵap̄)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 404: To press, urge

him onward.
עָלָ֣יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.

The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.

The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.

He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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

A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.
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