3 Bible Verses about Work, And The Fall

Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.' We hear that there are among you people who are living ill- ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.

"Martha, Martha," replied the Master, "you are anxious and trouble yourself about many things; But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has." Then Jesus told them this parable-- "There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile; And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?read more.
This is what I will do,' he said; 'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them; And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.' But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?' So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God."