Proverbs 16:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶The workers’ hunger ·helps [^Lworks for] them,
·because their desire to eat makes them work [^Land their mouths press/urge them on].

²⁷·Useless [Worthless] people ·make evil plans [^Ldig up evil],
and their ·words [^Llips] are like a burning fire.

²⁸A ·useless [perverse] person causes ·trouble [conflicts],
and a gossip ruins close friendships.

Proverbs 16:26-28

New International Version

²⁶The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.

²⁷A scoundrel^(A) plots evil,
and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.^(B)

²⁸A perverse person stirs up conflict,^(C)
and a gossip separates close friends.^(D)

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