Psalms 128:2

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

Proverbs 14:23

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

Isaiah 9:14-15

14So the Lord cut off from Israel chead and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day
15 dthe elder and honored man is the head,
and ethe prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

Habakkuk 3:17

Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,
nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
and there be no herd in the stalls,

Haggai 1:11

11And fI have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on gthe grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and hon all their labors.”

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

11and to aspire ito live quietly, and jto mind your own affairs, and kto work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12so that you may lwalk properly before moutsiders and be dependent on no one.

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