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
Deuteronomy 8:18
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18 “And you shall remember the Lord your God, (A)for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, (B)that He may [a]establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
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- Deuteronomy 8:18 confirm
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 13:4
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4 (A)The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 26:13
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13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the [a]streets!”
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- Proverbs 26:13 Or plazas, squares
Ecclesiastes 10:18
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- Ecclesiastes 10:18 Lit. rafters sink
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (A)to mind your own business, and (B)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 (C)that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
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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.
13 But as for you, brethren, (H)do not grow weary in doing good.
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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 5:8
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8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, (A)and especially for those of his household, (B)he has denied the faith (C)and is worse than an unbeliever.
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