2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that you try earnestly to be quiet and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

For truly, when we were with you, we told you before that we were going to suffer affliction, as it also happened, even you know.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;

Luke 24:44

And He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms about Me.

John 16:4

But I have told you these things so that when the hour shall come you may remember that I told you of them. And I did not say these things to you at the beginning because I was with you.

Acts 20:18

And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know how I was with you at all times, from the first day I arrived in 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
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that you try earnestly to be quiet and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said, You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah.
Psalm 104:23
Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For we know what commands we gave you by the Lord Jesus.