If any would not work, neither should he eat. 2 Thes. iii. 10.
In all labour there is profit; and the thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness. Prov. xiv. 23.
The hand of the diligent maketh rich.—An idle soul shall suffer hunger. Chap. x. 4.—Chap. xix. 15.
Seest thou a man diligent, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace. Chap. xxii. 29. Eccl. xxii. 1.
They that plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, shall reap the same. Job iv. 8.
The Lord will make them contemptible and base, before all the people, according as they have not kept his ways. Malachi ii. 9.
He shall do no damage to his said Master, nor see it to be done of others, but that he to his power shall let (that is, prevent or hinder) or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same. He shall not waste the goods of his said Master, or lend them unlawfully to any. It is not sufficient that the Apprentice does not wrong his Master himself, by cheating, pilfering, purloining, wasting, spoiling, lending, or giving away any of his goods; by sloth and idleness, by neglecting his business, and loitering away his time; it is not enough that he does his Master no kind of damage himself; but he must be watchful that he is not injured in any kind by his fellow-servants and others; and be sure to do what in him lies to prevent or discover it to his Master; for he cannot be indifferent or careless in such a case, or connive and conceal any thing of this kind, without breach of covenant, and incurring the guilt and shame that is due to unfaithfulness.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. Ephes. v. 11.
Beware of evil workers, and be not thou partaker with them.
Thou shalt not suffer sin in thy brother, but by any means reprove him. Phil. iii. 2.