And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
AndGod blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
But 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.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.