Proverbs 16:25-27

The Message

²⁵There’s a way that looks harmless enough;
look again—it leads straight to hell.

²⁶Appetite is an incentive to work;
hunger makes you work all the harder.

²⁷Mean people spread mean gossip;
their words smart and burn.

Proverbs 16:25-27

New International Version

²⁵There is a way that appears to be right,^(A)
but in the end it leads to death.^(B)

²⁶The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.

²⁷A scoundrel^(C) plots evil,
and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.^(D)

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)