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 thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
Proverbs 20:4
By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.
Proverbs 24:30
By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, - even as, unto you, we gave charge -

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said: Idle, ye are - idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh.
Psalm 104:23
Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.