'Work' in the Bible
And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.
The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.
After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.
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