Joshua 18:3

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

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

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

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

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

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

For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

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

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

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.

Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in Yahweh’s assembly.

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”

All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.

She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

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

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

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

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

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

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

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

“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.’ ”

For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

This is the bread which came down out of heaven—not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house.

Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.

You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.

Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”

The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”

David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

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

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.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

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 that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.”

About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,