Ephesians 4:28

The man who used to steal must now stop stealing; rather, he must keep on working and toiling with his own hands at some honest vocation, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

also keep up your ambition to live quietly, to practice attending to your own business and to work with your own hands, as we directed you,

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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Thoughts

Ephesians 4:28
The man who used to steal must now stop stealing; rather, he must keep on working and toiling with his own hands at some honest vocation, so as to have something to contribute to the needy.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
also keep up your ambition to live quietly, to practice attending to your own business and to work with your own hands, as we directed you,