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Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

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Proverbs 10:4
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

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Proverbs 13:4
The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

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1 Kings 11:28
And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

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Proverbs 22:29
Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

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Proverbs 19:15
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

Proverbs 23:21
For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

Proverbs 26:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Proverbs 24:31
And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 24:32
Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

Proverbs 24:34
So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

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Joshua 16:10
And the Canaanites who were living in Gezer were not forced out; but the Canaanites have been living among Ephraim, to this day, as servants, doing forced work.

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1 Kings 9:21
Their children who were still in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not been able to put to complete destruction, them did Solomon put to forced work, to this day.

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