2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.

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.

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,

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

Luke 24:44

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

John 16:4

But I have said these [things] to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you about them.

Acts 20:18

And when they came to him, he said to them, "You know from the first day on which I set foot in Asia how I was the whole time with you--

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
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.