Proverbs 19:15

"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger."

"Laziness is the undoing of the worthless; idlers must starve."[10] No Biblical ethic stands any higher than "the work ethic." "If a man will not work," the New Testament declares, "neither shall he eat." (2 Thessalonians 3:10). The same commandment of the Decalogue that says, "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy," also says, "Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work."

"Shout it, ye lords of creation;

And ring it, ye bells of the kirk;

The gospel of God and salvation

Is surely the gospel of work!

- Henry Van Dyke