Pro 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}
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All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but {if} thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear {it}.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. {appetite: Heb. soul}
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but {if} thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear {it}.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?