1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
11 Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before.
12 In this way you will win the respect of those who are not believers, and you will not have to depend on anyone for what you need. (TEV)

Romans 12:11
11 Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion. (TEV)

Proverbs 28:19
19 A hard-working farmer has plenty to eat. People who waste time will always be poor. (TEV)

Proverbs 10:4-5
4 Being lazy will make you poor, but hard work will make you rich.
5 A sensible person gathers the crops when they are ready; it is a disgrace to sleep through the time of harvest. (TEV)

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
10 While we were with you, we used to tell you "Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat."
11 We say this because we hear that there are some people among you who live lazy lives and who do nothing except meddle in other people's business.
12 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we command these people and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to earn their own living. (TEV)

Proverbs 10:4
4 "Being lazy will make you poor, but hard work will make you rich." (TEV)

Proverbs 13:4
4 No matter how much a lazy person may want something, he will never get it. A hard worker will get everything he wants. (TEV)

Proverbs 15:19
19 If you are lazy, you will meet difficulty everywhere, but if you are honest, you will have no trouble. (TEV)

Proverbs 19:15,24
15 Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.
24 Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths. (TEV)

Proverbs 20:4
4 A farmer too lazy to plow his fields at the right time will have nothing to harvest. (TEV)

Proverbs 26:14
14 Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges. (TEV)

Ecclesiastes 5:18-19
18 Here is what I have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our fate.
19 If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be greatful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God. (TEV)

Proverbs 26:16
16 A lazy man will think he is smarter than seven men who can give good reasons for their opinions. (TEV)

Matthew 25:26-27
26 'You bad and lazy servant!' his master said. 'You knew, did you, that I reap harvest where I did not plant, and gather crops where I did not scatter seed?
27 Well, then, you should have deposited my money in the bank, and I would have received it back with interest when I returned. (TEV)

Hebrews 6:12
12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to be like those who believe and are patient, and so receive what God has promised. (TEV)

Proverbs 12:24
24 Hard work will give you power; being lazy will make you a slave. (TEV)

Proverbs 12:27
27 If you are lazy, you will never get what you are after, but if you work hard, you will get a fortune. (TEV)