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 will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said, "You are idle. You are idle. Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.