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Proverbs 10:4,5
"He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the
hand of the diligent makes rich. He who gathers in
summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is
a son who causes shame."
Proverbs 20:13
"Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread."
1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
"that you also aspire to lead a quiet life,
to mind your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk
properly toward those who are outside, and that you
may lack nothing."
Proverbs 15:19
"The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of
thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway."
Proverbs 21:5
"The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty."
Romans 12:11
"not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord;"
Proverbs 28:19
"He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!"
Proverbs 13:4
"The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich."
Proverbs 13:18
"Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains
correction, But he who regards a rebuke will be honored."
2 Thessalonians
3:10-12
"For even when we were with you, we commanded
you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall
he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk
among you in a disorderly manner, not working at
all, but are busybodies. Now those who are such we
command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ
that they work in quietness and eat their own bread."
Proverbs 27:23
"Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
And attend to your herds;"
Proverbs 27:27
"You shall have enough goats’ milk for your
food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment
of your maidservants."
Ecclesiastes 5:18,19
"Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting
for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of
all his labor in which he toils under the sun all
the days of his life which God gives him; for it
is his heritage. As for every man to whom God has
given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat
of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his
labor - this is the gift of God."
Proverbs 13:23
"Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
And for lack of justice there is waste." 2
Timothy 2:6
"The hardworking farmer must be first to partake
of the crops."
Ephesians 4:28
"Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather
let him labor, working with his hands what is good,
that he may have something to give him who has need."
Proverbs 24:30-34
"I went by the field of the lazy man, And by
the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its
surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall
was broken down. When I saw it, I considered it well; I
looked on it and received instruction: A little sleep,
a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to
rest; So shall your poverty come like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man."
Proverbs 12:11
"He who tills his land will be satisfied with
bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of
understanding."