Diligence and responsibility in one's occupation are highly valued in the Bible. According to Colossians, believers are to work heartily, as if serving the Lord, rather than just their human employers. The book of Proverbs offers practical wisdom on the importance of hard work, noting that all hard work brings a profit, and that committing one's work to the Lord leads to success. Additionally, 2 Thessalonians and Ecclesiastes emphasize the importance of being industrious and making the most of one's time, for those who do not work should not expect to eat, and whatever one's hand finds to do should be done with all one's might.
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Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.