12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,(A) whether living in plenty or in want.(B) 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(C)

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12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Lazy hands make for poverty,(A)
    but diligent hands bring wealth.(B)

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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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24 Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)

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24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

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10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(A) 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope(B) for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(C) those who through faith and patience(D) inherit what has been promised.(E)

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10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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