Proverbs 16:26-27

New Living Translation

²⁶It is good for workers to have an appetite;
an empty stomach drives them on.

²⁷Scoundrels create trouble;
their words are a destructive blaze.

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)

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.

New Living Translation (NLT)

New International Version (NIV)