"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth." (Proverbs 10:4)
"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is." (Ephesians 5:15-17)
"A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing." (Proverbs 20:4)
"Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids." (Proverbs 6:4)
"As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work." (John 9:4)
"Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins." (James 4:17)
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)
"If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap." (Ecclesiastes 11:3-4)