He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 12:11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 21:5The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Thessalonians 4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Timothy 5:8But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.