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 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.
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.
Hebrews 6:10
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit is there to the worker in his work?
Isaiah 19:15
There is nothing Egypt can do head or tail, palm branch or reed.