'Earn' in the Bible
“Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest.
Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.
Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram.Israel worked to earn a wife;he tended flocks for a wife.
Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. Earn your living and give your prophecies there,
You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should earn their living by the gospel.
The thief must no longer steal but must work hard and do what is good with his own hands, so that he might earn something to give to the needy.
We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.