Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.
Proverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye [in a jesture of malice] causes trouble. A babbling fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will bear rule. The lazy will be under forced labor.
Proverbs 28:19
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows after vain persons will have poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
Dreams come with many efforts, trials and concerns. Fools speak with too many words.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
While we were with you, we used to tell you: Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.
1 Timothy 5:13
They also learn to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but gossipers and busybodies, speaking things that they should not.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unrighteous (unjust) to forget your work and the love you showed for his name. You ministered to the holy ones and continue to minister.