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 shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 28:19
He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after worthless pursuits shall have poverty enough.
John 6:27
Labor not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for on him has God the Father set his seal.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he that works in that in which he labors?
Isaiah 19:15
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, palm branch or bulrush, may do.