Proverbs 16:26-27

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)

Proverbs 16:26-27

King James Version

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

²⁷An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

²⁶The person who labors, labors for himself,
For his hungry mouth drives ^(A)him on.

²⁷^[a]An ungodly man digs up evil,
And it is on his lips like a burning ^(B)fire.

New International Version (NIV)