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Psalm 104:23
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Psalm 104:23
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23 Then people go off to their work,
where they labor until evening.
Psalm 104:23
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Psalm 104:23
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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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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)
Ecclesiastes 5:12
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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Ecclesiastes 5:12
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12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.(A)
Judges 19:16
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Judges 19:16
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16 That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Judges 19:16
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Judges 19:16
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16 That evening(A) an old man from the hill country of Ephraim,(B) who was living in Gibeah (the inhabitants of the place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the fields.
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)
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