Proverbs 12:11

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• Proverbs 28:19
  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
• Proverbs 14:23
  In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
  ¹¹ And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹² That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.¹¹ and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. ¹² Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
• Psalm 128:2
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• Ephesians 4:28
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• 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
• Proverbs 9:6
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• Proverbs 14:4
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• Proverbs 7:7
  And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
• Genesis 3:19
  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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