A worker's appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.
In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
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