Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Proverbs 14:23

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

2 Thessalonians 3:8-12

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

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Summary

Proverbs 16:26

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Laboureth

2 Thessalonians 3:8

General references

Proverbs 9:12

Bible References

Laboureth

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

General references

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.