7 Bible Verses about Working Hard And Not Being Lazy

in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;

that you may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

For when we were with you, we gave you this commandment, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat.

For we hear that some walk about among you in a disorderly manner, doing no work, but being busybodies.

as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that you expect such things, earnestly strive, by being spotless and blameless, to be found by him in peace: