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 under tribute.
Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Isaiah 19:15
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.