Proverbs 14:23
In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 10:10
One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
Proverbs 12:24
The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs 28:19
One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:3
For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.
John 6:27
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
1 Timothy 5:13
Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.