Proverbs 10:4
He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 21:5
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the negligent shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise,
Proverbs 11:24
There are those who scatter, and more is added unto them; and there are those who withhold more than is just, but come to poverty.
Proverbs 19:24
The slothful man hides his hand in his bosom and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.
John 6:27
Labour not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you, for him has God the Father sealed.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Hebrews 6:11-12
But we desire that each one of you show the same diligence until the end for the fulfillment of your hope,
2 Peter 1:5-10
Ye also, giving all diligence to the same, show forth virtue in your faith; and in virtue, knowledge;