King James Version
Proverbs 16:26 in the King James Version says “He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. He: Heb. The soul of him that craveth: Heb. bo...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. He: Heb. The soul of him that craveth: Heb. boweth unto him”
Proverbs 16:26 · KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. He: Heb. The soul of him that craveth: Heb. boweth unto him
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. An: Heb. A man of Belial
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
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“He”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“for himself for his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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