James 4:17 - If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Proverbs 20:4 - Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
10:4 - Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Hebrews 6:11-12
11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Col 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
Acts 20:34-35
34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
1 Cor 9:24-25
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
2 Tim 2:6-7 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.
Matthew 5:14
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14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Luke 10:17-20
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17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20