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Proverbs 12:11
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Proverbs 12:11
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11 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
Proverbs 12:11
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Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(A)
Proverbs 28:19
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Proverbs 28:19
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19 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
Proverbs 28:19
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Proverbs 28:19
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19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)
Proverbs 14:23
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Proverbs 14:23
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23 Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty!
Proverbs 14:23
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Proverbs 14:23
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23 All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. 12 Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(B) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
Psalm 128:2
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Psalm 128:2
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2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
How joyful and prosperous you will be!
Psalm 128:2
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Psalm 128:2
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Ephesians 4:28
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 If you are a thief, quit stealing. Instead, use your hands for good hard work, and then give generously to others in need.
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Ephesians 4:28
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work,(A) doing something useful with their own hands,(B) that they may have something to share with those in need.(C)
2 Thessalonians 3:8
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so we would not be a burden to any of you.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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2 Thessalonians 3:8
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8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
Proverbs 9:6
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Proverbs 9:6
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6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
Proverbs 9:6
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Proverbs 9:6
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Proverbs 14:4
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Proverbs 14:4
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4 Without oxen a stable stays clean,
but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
Proverbs 14:4
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Proverbs 14:4
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4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,
but from the strength of an ox(A) come abundant harvests.
Proverbs 7:7
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Proverbs 7:7
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7 I saw some naive young men,
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
Proverbs 7:7
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Proverbs 7:7
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7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.(A)
Proverbs 13:20
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Proverbs 13:20
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20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
associate with fools and get in trouble.
Proverbs 13:20
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Proverbs 13:20
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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)
Genesis 3:19
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Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3:19
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Genesis 3:19
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Titus 1:10-11
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Titus 1:10-11
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10 For there are many rebellious people who engage in useless talk and deceive others. This is especially true of those who insist on circumcision for salvation. 11 They must be silenced, because they are turning whole families away from the truth by their false teaching. And they do it only for money.
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Titus 1:10-11
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Titus 1:10-11
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Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk(A) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.(B) 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(C) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
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