Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In other versions
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him `thereto'.
ASV
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
BBE
The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
DBY
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; For his mouth urges him on.
WEB
A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused `him' to bend over it.
YLT
He that labours labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
ENG
He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
WBT
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
BSB
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.