Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 16:26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

He   Heb. The soul of him
laboureth for   Pro 9:12; Pro 14:23; Ecc 6:7; 1Th 4:11,12; 2Th 3:8-12
craveth it of him   Heb. boweth unto him.
Correlating Passages
laboureth for
Pro 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
Pro 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
Ecc 6:7 All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1Th 4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.
2Th 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
2Th 3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
2Th 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
2Th 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 16:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Pro/16/26.html>.

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