Isaiah 19:15

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.

Isaiah 9:14-15

So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.

Psalm 128:2

You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

Proverbs 14:23

In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

Habakkuk 3:17

When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,

Haggai 1:11

Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'"

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

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Summary

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Bible References

General references

Isaiah 9:14
So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day.
Psalm 128:2
You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
Habakkuk 3:17
When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
Haggai 1:11
Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'"
1 Thessalonians 4:11
to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

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