Bible Society of South Africa

At work with God – Day 2

Work hard.

Bible text(s)

6Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live. 7They have no leader, chief, or ruler, 8but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter. 9How long is the lazy man going to lie in bed? When is he ever going to get up?

Proverbs 6:6-9GNBOpen in Bible reader

14Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.

15Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.

Proverbs 26:14-15GNBOpen in Bible reader

14Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives.

Titus 3:14GNBOpen in Bible reader

6Some of them go into people's houses and gain control over weak women who are burdened by the guilt of their sins and driven by all kinds of desires, 7women who are always trying to learn but who can never come to know the truth. 8As Jannes and Jambres were opposed to Moses, so also these people are opposed to the truth — people whose minds do not function and who are failures in the faith. 9But they will not get very far, because everyone will see how stupid they are. That is just what happened to Jannes and Jambres.

Last Instructions

10But you have followed my teaching, my conduct, and my purpose in life; you have observed my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, 11my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all. 12Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted; 13and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

2 Timothy 3:6-13GNBOpen in Bible reader

8But if anyone does not take care of his relatives, especially the members of his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8GNBOpen in Bible reader

The Bible teaches that those who work hard are wise and reap the fruit of their labour while those who are lazy are foolish and get nowhere. It is important to provide for our own daily needs by doing an honest day’s work.

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