12 Bible Verses about Diligence, Rewards Of

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.