1 Thessalonians 4:11 - 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,

1 Thessalonians 4:12 - so that  your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 - For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "if a man will not work, he shall not eat."

2 Thessalonians 3:11 - We hear that some among you are idle.  They are not busy; they are busybodies.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 - Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.

Romans 12:11 - Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord.

Proverbs 10:4 - Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Proverbs 10:5 - He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

Ephesians 4:28 - He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.