Gen 3:19, Pro 13:4, 20:4, 21:25, 24:30-34, 1Th 4:11 | ESV | STEP | By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread , till you return to the ground , for out of it you were taken ; for you are dust , and to dust you shall return .

Genesis 3:19

19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
^afor you are dust,
and ^bto dust you shall return.”

Proverbs 13:4

4 ^cThe soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
while the soul of the diligent ^dis richly supplied.

Proverbs 20:4

4 ^eThe sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
^fhe will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

25 The desire of ^gthe sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 24:30-34

30 ^hI passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man ⁱlacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone ^jwall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and ^kconsidered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 ^lA little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

11 and to aspire ^mto live quietly, and ⁿto mind your own affairs, and ^oto work with your hands, as we instructed you,