Proverbs 12:11
New Living Translation
11 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
Proverbs 28:19
New Living Translation
19 A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.
Proverbs 14:23
New Living Translation
23 Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty!
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
New Living Translation
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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Psalm 128:2
New Living Translation
2 You will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
How joyful and prosperous you will be!
Ephesians 4:28
New Living Translation
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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2 Thessalonians 3:8
New Living Translation
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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Proverbs 9:6
New Living Translation
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
Proverbs 14:4
New Living Translation
4 Without oxen a stable stays clean,
but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
Proverbs 7:7
New Living Translation
7 I saw some naive young men,
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
Proverbs 13:20
New Living Translation
20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
associate with fools and get in trouble.
Genesis 3:19
New Living Translation
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.”
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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Proverbs 6:32
New Living Translation
32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
Proverbs 4:14-15
New Living Translation
14 Don’t do as the wicked do,
and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.
Proverbs 1:10-19
New Living Translation
10 My child, if sinners entice you,
turn your back on them!
11 They may say, “Come and join us.
Let’s hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let’s ambush the innocent!
12 Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave[a];
let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
13 Think of the great things we’ll get!
We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.
14 Come, throw in your lot with us;
we’ll all share the loot.”
15 My child, don’t go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.
16 They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
17 If a bird sees a trap being set,
it knows to stay away.
18 But these people set an ambush for themselves;
they are trying to get themselves killed.
19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of life.
Footnotes
- 1:12 Hebrew like Sheol.
Proverbs 9:16
New Living Translation
16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Proverbs 9:13
New Living Translation
Folly Calls for a Hearing
13 The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
Psalm 26:4
New Living Translation
4 I do not spend time with liars
or go along with hypocrites.
Judges 9:4
New Living Translation
4 They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.
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Jonah 2:8
New Living Translation
8 Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Proverbs 27:27
New Living Translation
27 And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.
Proverbs 13:23
New Living Translation
23 A poor person’s farm may produce much food,
but injustice sweeps it all away.
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