²³ In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips `tendeth' only to penury.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain `persons' shall have poverty enough.

²⁷ Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

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

¹¹ For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.

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

¹⁰ for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

¹¹ And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

³ For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

¹³ And withal they learn also `to be' idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.