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Ecclesiastes 6:7
All man’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied.
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Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all hard work, but endless talk leads only to poverty.
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Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
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2 Thessalonians 3 8-2 Thessalonians 3 12
we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you:“ If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”For we hear that there are some among you who walk irresponsibly, not working at all, but interfering with the work of others.Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ that quietly working, they may eat their own food.
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1 Thessalonians 4 11-1 Thessalonians 4 12
to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,so that you may walk properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.