Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 28:19

He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless people and frivolous pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures [and leads] to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for God the Father has authorized Him and put His seal on Him.”
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.

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Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
Isaiah 19:15

There will be no work for Egypt
Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do.