For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. 11For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.…2 Thessalonians 3:10
The book of proverbs is full promises of rewards for diligence and seeking after wisdom,
and full of promises of destruction for the fool and sluggard.