Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.