Proverbs 16:26 Cross References

Proverbs 16:26

26: It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

  1. All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.

Proverbs 9:12

  1. If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.

Proverbs 14:23

  1. Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!

2 Thessalonians 3:8

  1. We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
  2. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
  3. Even while we were with you, we gave you this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat."
  4. Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business.
  5. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we appeal to such people--no, we command them: Settle down and get to work. Earn your own living.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

  1. This should be your ambition: to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we commanded you before.
  2. As a result, people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others to meet your financial needs.
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