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Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 It is good for workers to have an appetite;
an empty stomach drives them on.
Proverbs 16:26
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Proverbs 16:26
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26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
yet their appetite is never satisfied.(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.
Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Proverbs 9:12
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Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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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. 9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. 10 Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.”
11 Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and meddling in other people’s business. 12 We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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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. 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(B) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(C) 10 For even when we were with you,(D) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(E) shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(F) 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(G) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(H)
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.
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