Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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- Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.