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Proverbs 16:26 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.Proverbs 16:26 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:26 in context
24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- labourethʻâmêltoilingH6001 →
- labourethʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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This is designed to engage us to diligence, and quicken us, what our hand finds to do, to do it with all our might, both in our worldly business and in the work of religion; for in the original it is, The soul that labours labours for itself.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary