Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

Bible References

Said

Luke 18:4
And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
Esther 6:6
So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

What

Luke 12:17
And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
Isaiah 10:3
And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?
Hosea 9:5
What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
Acts 9:6
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

I cannot

Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
Proverbs 18:9
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Proverbs 19:15
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Proverbs 29:21
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

To beg

Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
Proverbs 20:4
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
Mark 10:46
And they came to Jericho: and when he was going out of Jericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind man, was seated by the wayside, with his hand out for money.
John 9:8
Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?
Acts 3:2
And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain