Bible verse
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
Proverbs 16:26 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 16.
22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
KJV
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
ASV
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
ERV
The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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