Proverbs 16:25,26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

There is a way, &c. See on Proverbs 14:12. He that laboureth, laboureth for himself For his own use and benefit. Solomon's design in this proverb is, to condemn idleness, and to commend diligence, in a man's calling; for his mouth craveth it of him Hebrew, אכ Š עליו, boweth to him, namely, as a suppliant; beggeth him to labour, that it may have something put into it, for its own comfort, and the nourishment of the whole body.

Proverbs 16:25-26

25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

26 Hef that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.