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Proverbs 28:19 ff

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

Ephesians 4:28a

Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.