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.
General references
Bible References
That
Genesis 3:19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.
but the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 20:4 The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
at harvest time he looks,
Proverbs 21:25 A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30 I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
General references
Exodus 5:17
But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.
and to his labor until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.