Gen 3:19, Psa 104:23, 128:2, Pro 13:11, 14:23, 24:27, Ecc 1:13, 5:12 | 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.”

Psalms 104:23

23 ^cMan goes out to his work
and to his labor until the evening.

Psalms 128:2

2 You ^dshall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

Proverbs 13:11

11 ^eWealth gained hastily ^{▼▼Or by fraud} will dwindle,
but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

Proverbs 14:23

23 In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk ^gtends only to poverty.

Proverbs 24:27

27 ^hPrepare your work outside;
get everything ready for yourself in the field,
and after that build your house.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13 And I ⁱapplied my heart ^{▼▼The Hebrew term denotes the center of one’s inner life, including mind, will, and emotions} to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy ^kbusiness that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

12 Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.