26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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: …
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26)This is designed to engage us to diligence, and quicken us, what our hand finds to do, to do it with all our might , both in our worldly business and in the work of religion; for in the original it is, The soul that labours labours for itself . It is heart-work which is here intended, the labour of the soul, which is here recommended to us, 1. As that which will be absolutely needful. Our mouth is…
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