THEOSISProverbs 16:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
- Prov 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
- Prov 14:23In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.
- 2 Thess 3:8Neither 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.
- 2 Thess 3:12Now we charge them that are such and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.
- 1 Thess 4:11And 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.
- 1 Thess 4:12And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.