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The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Genesis Chapter 2: Verse 15
"Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed.
Exodus Chapter 23: Verse 12
For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
Exodus Chapter 35: Verse 2
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Deuteronomy Chapter 5: Verse 13
Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs Chapter 10: Verses 4 - 5
He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 11
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 24
The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 27
The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 4
Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 11
A poor man's field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 23
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.
Proverbs Chapter 14: Verse 4
All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs Chapter 14: Verse 23
The laborer's appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.
Proverbs Chapter 16: Verse 26
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Proverbs Chapter 20: Verse 13
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 5
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
Proverbs Chapter 22: Verse 29
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
Proverbs Chapter 27: Verse 23
He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Proverbs Chapter 28: Verse 19
Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;
Proverbs Chapter 30: Verses 25 - 26
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Proverbs Chapter 31: Verse 27
What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1: Verse 3
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun. Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2: Verses 10 - 11
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2: Verses 17 - 22
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 9: Verse 10
Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11: Verse 4
Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. Remember Your Creator While Young
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11: Verse 6
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 11
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.The Coming of the Lord
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4: Verses 11 - 12
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.
2 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Verses 10 - 12
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy Chapter 5: Verse 8
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