10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone does not desire to work, neither shall he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
23 And whatever you do, do it from the soul, as to the Lord and not to men,
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise;
7 who, having no commander, overseer or ruler,
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9 How long will you rest, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest;
11 so shall your poverty come as one walking, and your need like an armed man.
9 He, also, who is slothful in his work is brother to a ruler who destroys.
23 In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God, even the Father, through Him.
12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes into Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
24 The hand of the diligent shall rule, but the slothful shall be under servitude.
24 The hand of the diligent shall rule, but the slothful shall be under servitude.
14 Let all that you do be done with love.
12 I know that there is no good for man, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor; it is the gift of God.
14 Do all things without murmuring and disputing,
15 that you may be blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
4 He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
22 The blessing of Jehovah, it makes rich, with no sorrow added.
15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
3 Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts will be established.
3 Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts will be established.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound for every good work.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
19 Also every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.
23 And whatever you do, do it from the soul, as to the Lord and not to men,
24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
16 All Scripture is breathed by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
18 Behold that which I have seen: It is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.
8 There is one alone, without a second; indeed, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he does not ask, For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity; indeed, it is an evil task.
8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have produced, but that we may receive a full reward.
11 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,
12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may have need of nothing.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers with the labor of his hands shall increase.
24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
4 Again, I considered all labor, and every successful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work nor reasoning nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol where you go.
7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
13 And who is he who will harm you if you become imitators of what is good?
17 And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yea, establish the work of our hands.
26 Observe the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
9 There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
10 For he who has entered into His rest has himself also rested from his works as God did from His.
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 to him who has need.