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.
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Genesis 3:19
You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.
Proverbs 13:4
The lazy man desires and has nothing. The diligent man will be made rich.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the lazy killed him for his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and mind your own business, and work with your hands, as we command you.
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Exodus 5:17
The king replied: You are lazy. You are just lazy! That is why you keep asking me to let you go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
Psalm 104:23
Man goes to his work and to his labor until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
You know the commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.