Proverbs 16:26
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26 The appetite of workers works for them;
their hunger urges them on.
Ecclesiastes 6:7
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7 All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.(A)
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Proverbs 14:23
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23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 9:12
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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.(A)
2 Thessalonians 3:8-12
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8 and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.(A) 9 This was not because we do not have that right but in order to give you an example to imitate.(B) 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 11 For we hear that some of you are living irresponsibly, mere busybodies, not doing any work.(C) 12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.(D)
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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,(A) 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.(B)
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