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 face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;
Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said, “You are lazy, very lazy; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’
Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth to his work
And to his labor until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.