Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
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Bible References
Laboureth
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
General references
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.