Proverbs 14:23
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 10:10
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 28:19
Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.