3 Bible Verses about Employment

For the scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves an example for you to follow.read more.
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If anyone will not work, he shall not eat." For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, not doing any work at all, but acting like busybodies. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and earn their own bread to eat.

For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless we behaved toward you believers; for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you