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Proverbs 16:26

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

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  1. Proverbs 16:24

    Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  2. Proverbs 16:25

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

  3. Proverbs 16:27

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

  4. Proverbs 16:28

    A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.