From Nave’s Topical Bible
Industry
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 40Passages listed
- 12Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningGenesis 2:15Exodus 23:12Exodus 35:2Deuteronomy 5:13Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 10:5Proverbs 12:11Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 12:27Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 13:11Proverbs 13:23Proverbs 14:4Proverbs 14:23Proverbs 16:26Proverbs 20:13Proverbs 21:5Proverbs 22:29Proverbs 27:23–27Proverbs 28:19
- See Frugality
- Also see [2211]IDLENESS
- See Slothfulness
- INSTANCES OF
- Jeroboam1 Kings 11:28
- PaulActs 18:3Acts 20:33Acts 20:342 Thessalonians 3:8
The passages, in Bible order (40)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 2:15
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Commentary on Genesis 2:151 voice
Note, now, the person who was taken and the land where he was formed. The virtue of God, therefore, took man and breathed into him, so that man's virtue will advance and increase. God set him apart in Paradise that you may know that man was taken up, that is to say, was breathed upon by the power of God. Note the fact that man was created outside Paradise, whereas woman was made within it. This teaches us that each person acquires grace by reason of virtue, not because of locality or of race.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 397Patristic
- Exodus 23:12
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Commentary on Exodus 23:122 voices
Six days thou shalt do thy work,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Six days thou shalt do thy work - Though they were thus bound to keep the sabbatical year, yet they must not neglect the seventh days rest or weekly Sabbath; for that was of perpetual obligation, and was paramount to all others. That the sanctification of the Sabbath was of great consequence in the sight of God, we may learn from the various repetitions of this law; and we may observe that it has still for its object, not only the benefit of the soul, but the health and comfort of the body also. Doth God care for oxen?
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 35:2
For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.
Commentary on Exodus 35:21 voice
Six days shall work be done,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 11:28
Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
Commentary on 1 Kings 11:281 voice
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour,.... A man of great strength of body, and fortitude of mind: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious; in what he was set about in the above buildings and repairs: he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph; the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to be a prince or a deputy governor of them; or rather to collect the king's tax from them, or the revenues of that part of the country, see Pro 22:29.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Commentary on Proverbs 10:41 voice
Lazy hands lead to poverty, etc. Whoever lives negligently in this world will suffer lack of good things in the future; but whoever fights bravely for the Lord is rewarded with the riches of eternal blessedness.
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 10:5
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Commentary on Proverbs 10:51 voice
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, etc. He who gathers to Christ the souls of the faithful is a wise son. And indeed, this harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few (Luke 10). But he who in this acceptable time is …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:111 voice
He who works his land, etc. Who exercises his soul with spiritual studies will now be satisfied with virtues and then with the feasts of rewards. But he who refuses to labor for the salvation of his soul, will then be numbered among the foolish; …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:241 voice
The hand of the diligent will rule, etc. The perfect not only overcome the battles of vices but also govern the chosen brethren with greater grace of virtues. But those lax in spirit, not fearing to be entangled in sins, daily pay the tribute of …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 12:27
A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
Commentary on Proverbs 12:271 voice
The fraudulent one will not gain profit, etc. For money acquired by fraud adds more harm to the soul than profit to the chest. And he who knows how to dispense his own substance for the Lord, will receive celestial gifts as a reward for …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Commentary on Proverbs 13:41 voice
"And the sluggard desires and does not desire," etc. Rightly, the lazy person is marked by the term, who wants to reign with God but does not want to work for God. The rewards delight when they are promised; the struggles deter when they are …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Commentary on Proverbs 13:111 voice
"Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle," etc. Those who want to become rich fall into temptation, and they do not possess those very riches, which they either acquire or desire, forever. But whoever strives justly for the acquisition of the wealth of heavenly rewards will receive …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 13:23
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Commentary on Proverbs 13:231 voice
Many foods are in the fresh fields of the fathers, etc. He acts without proper judgment who is diligently occupied with amassing riches and does not himself dispense these accumulated riches to the poor for the redemption of his soul, but reserves them to be …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
Commentary on Proverbs 14:41 voice
Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty, etc. These are connected with the preceding. For the oxen signify catholic teachers; the crib, the listeners of the assemblies; the crops, the fruits of good works. Therefore, it is in vain that the proud swell …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Commentary on Proverbs 14:231 voice
Another brother spoke with the same Theodore, and he began to talk about matters of which he had no experience. Theodore said to him, 'You've not yet found a ship to sail in, nor put your luggage aboard, nor put out to sea, and you're …
Desert Fathers· The Desert Fathers, Sayings of the Early Christian Monks, 500Patristic
- Proverbs 16:26
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
Commentary on Proverbs 16:262 voices
The soul of the laborer labors for itself, etc. It is evident, according to the letter, that man expelled from paradise exercises daily labor so that he may not lack. For he compelled his mouth, when he spoke with the serpent and touched the forbidden …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
He that laboureth, laboureth for himself,.... Man is born for labour; it is a part of the curse inflicted on him for sin; and his condition and circumstances are such as make it necessary, for such who will not work ought not to eat; and it is labouring for food and raiment which is here meant, and that is for a man's self; for if he labours to be rich and lay up money, and purchase estates, these are more for others than himself, and indeed he knows not for whom he labours.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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