Proverbs 16:26 Cross References - EJ2000

²⁶ ¶ The soul of him that labours, labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.

¹² If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

²³ ¶ In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.

⁷ ¶ All the labour of man is for his mouth, and with all this the appetite is not filled.

¹¹ and that ye procure to be quiet and to do your business and to work with your hands, as we commanded you, ¹² that ye may walk honestly toward those that are without, and that ye may desire nothing from any one.

⁸ neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, ⁹ Not because we did not have authority, but to give you an example that you might imitate us. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, this we declared unto you, that if anyone desires not to work neither should he eat. ¹¹ For we hear that there are some who walk among you out of order, not working at all, but are busybodies. ¹² Now those that are such, we charge and exhort in our Lord Jesus Christ, that working with quietness, they eat their bread.