Ecclesiastes 11:4

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”

Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubble; so that we are not able to build the wall.”

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.”

It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’

On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.

When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’ ”

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?

“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.