Proverbs 13:4

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

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

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.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

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

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

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

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.

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

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

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

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge, nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

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

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

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

a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

They will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’

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

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you,

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

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge;

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Precious in Yahweh’s sight is the death of his saints.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

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

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

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

I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.

She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

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

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

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.”

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

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.”

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.

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

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

They returned to Joshua, and said to him, “Don’t let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Don’t make all the people to toil there, for there are only a few of them.”

Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

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

Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.

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

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!”

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

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?

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.

“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.

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.”

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

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

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!”

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,