Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
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Bible References
That
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
General references
Exodus 5:17
And he said, "You [are] lazy, lazy! Therefore you [are] saying, 'Let us go; let us sacrifice to Yahweh.'
Psalm 104:23
Humankind goes out to its work, and to its labor until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what commands we gave to you through the Lord Jesus.