Genesis 2:15
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15 Then the Lord God took [a]the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [b]tend and keep it.
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- Genesis 2:15 Or Adam
- Genesis 2:15 cultivate
Exodus 20:8-9
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8 (A)“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 (B)Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Proverbs 6:6-11
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The Folly of Indolence
6 (A)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no [a]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her [b]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 (B)How long will you [c]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (C)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
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- Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
- Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
Proverbs 12:14
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14 (A)A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth,
(B)And the recompense of a man’s hands will be rendered to him.
Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all labor there is profit,
But [a]idle chatter leads only to poverty.
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- Proverbs 14:23 Lit. talk of the lips
Ecclesiastes 3:13
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13 and also that (A)every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.
Romans 12:11
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11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (B)to give him who has need.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-12
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Warning Against Idleness
6 But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you withdraw (B)from every brother who walks (C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which [a]he received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread [b]free of charge, but worked with (D)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, 9 not because we do not have (E)authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are (F)busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and [c]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (G)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 NU, M they
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage
1 Timothy 5:3-8
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Honor True Widows
3 Honor widows who are really widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and (A)to repay their parents; for this is [a]good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers (B)night and day. 6 But she who lives in [b]pleasure is dead while she lives. 7 And these things command, that they may be blameless. 8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, (C)and especially for those of his household, (D)he has denied the faith (E)and is worse than an unbeliever.
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- 1 Timothy 5:4 NU, M omit good and
- 1 Timothy 5:6 indulgence
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