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

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

¹⁹ One who works his land will have an abundance of food; But one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

²⁷ Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

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.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

¹¹ We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

³ For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

¹³ Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

¹⁰ One winking with the eye causes sorrow, But a chattering fool will fall.