Proverbs 16:26-27
Proverbs 16:26-27 New Living Translation (NLT)
It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on. Scoundrels create trouble; their words are a destructive blaze.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
A worker’s appetite works for him, For his hunger urges him on. A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 The Message (MSG)
Appetite is an incentive to work; hunger makes you work all the harder. Mean people spread mean gossip; their words smart and burn.
Proverbs 16:26-27 King James Version (KJV)
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him. An ungodly man diggeth up evil: And in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
A worker’s appetite works for him, For his hunger urges him on. A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New Century Version (NCV)
The workers’ hunger helps them, because their desire to eat makes them work. Useless people make evil plans, and their words are like a burning fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 American Standard Version (ASV)
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto. A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New International Version (NIV)
The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on. A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New King James Version (NKJV)
The person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on. An ungodly man digs up evil, And it is on his lips like a burning fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The appetite of a worker works for him, For his hunger urges him on. A worthless man devises and digs up evil, And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:26-27 New Living Translation (NLT)
It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on. Scoundrels create trouble; their words are a destructive blaze.