¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."

¹¹ For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.

¹² Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

¹³ But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well.

³¹ Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

²³ And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁷ Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

⁹ How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹¹ So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

⁹ One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

²³ In all hard work there is profit, But the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

¹⁷ Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

¹² Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to my Father.

²⁴ The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, But laziness ends in slave labor.

¹⁴ Let all that you do be done in love.

¹² I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

¹³ Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

¹⁴ I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputes,

¹⁵ that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

¹⁶ holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

⁴ He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

²² Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, And he adds no trouble to it.

¹⁵ Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

³ Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.

⁸ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

¹³ Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

¹⁹ Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

²³ And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

²⁵ But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

¹⁶ Every writing inspired by God{literally, God-breathed} is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness,

¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

¹⁸ Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

⁸ There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

⁸ Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

¹¹ 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 charged you;

¹² that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

¹³ But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

¹¹ Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, But he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

⁴ Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

²⁴ But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

⁷ with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

⁸ knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

⁹ You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.

¹³ Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?

²⁶ See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

²⁸ Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

⁹ There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

¹⁰ For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

¹¹ Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.