Proverbs 21:5
The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
Proverbs 10:4
Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 14:29
Whoso is slow to anger is of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
Proverbs 27:23-27
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
Ephesians 4:28
whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,