2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

Genesis 3:19

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Proverbs 13:4

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

John 16:4

I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

Acts 20:18

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

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.

Bible References

That

Genesis 3:19
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.
Psalm 104:23
Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain