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Proverbs 16:26
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Proverbs 16:26 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 16:26 in other translations
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
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In context
23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
24 Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
25 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
26 The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
27 A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
28 A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
29 A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
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