Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
— Matthew 6:34He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
— Ecclesiastes 11:4In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
— Proverbs 14:23He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
— Proverbs 10:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
— Proverbs 13:4Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
— Ecclesiastes 9:10Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
— 1 Corinthians 15:58The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
— Proverbs 12:24To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
— Ecclesiastes 3:1Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
— Proverbs 3:27And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily , as to the Lord, and not unto men;
— Colossians 3:23And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
— Galatians 6:9And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
— Romans 13:11Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
— Proverbs 6:6Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
— Proverbs 27:1Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
— Ephesians 5:16I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
— John 9:4Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
— James 4:17So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
— Psalms 90:12See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
— Ephesians 5:15He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
— Proverbs 18:9The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
— Proverbs 20:4The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
— Proverbs 21:25