2 Thessalonians 3:10

In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”

Genesis 3:19

You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

In fact, when we were with you, we told you previously that we were going to suffer persecution, and as you know, it happened.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

Luke 24:44

Then He told them, “These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 16:4

But I have told you these things so that when their time comes you may remember I told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Acts 20:18

And when they came to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Bible References

That

Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves, yet has nothing,
but the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 20:4
The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 21:25
A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

General references

Exodus 5:17
But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
Psalm 104:23
Man goes out to his work
and to his labor until evening.
1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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