Proverbs 16:26-28

New Century Version

²⁶The workers’ hunger helps them,
because their desire to eat makes them work.

²⁷Useless people make evil plans,
and their words are like a burning fire.

²⁸A useless person causes trouble,
and a gossip ruins 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)

New Century Version (NCV)

New International Version (NIV)