Proverbs 14:23

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.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

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

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

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.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

“You shall not steal.

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

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

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.

She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.

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

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 we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

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.”

Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

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

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

Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

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

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

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

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

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

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

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

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.”

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

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

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

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

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

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

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.”

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.

do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

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.

If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

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.

that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

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

Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.

The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

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.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Therefore if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.