11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
Ecclesiastes 11
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Ecclesiastes 2
10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.
Proverbs 12
11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 13
4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Proverbs 14
23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
Proverbs 16
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
Proverbs 22
29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
Romans 4
4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
