Holy Scripture
Proverbs 16:26
A church father on this verse
“The soul of the laborer labors for itself, etc. It is evident, according to the letter, that man expelled from paradise exercises daily labor so that he may not lack. For he compelled his mouth, when he spoke with the serpent and touched the forbidden thing, to suffer long exile with labor and to eat bread by the swea…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
26A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
24Good words are honeycombs, And the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
25There are ways that seem to be right to a man, But the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
— Proverbs 16:26 —
27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.
28A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.