houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant-- and when you have eaten your fill, Deuteronomy 6:11 NRSV …
Ester D. Reed
"The Sabbath teaches freedom from the seeming ultimacy of earthly work and its related concerns, and freedom for both self and God." Dr. Ester D. Reed – Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Exeter …
Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs. Nehemiah 3:32 NRSV …
Isaiah 41:7
The artisan encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved. Isaiah 41:7 NRSV …
Luke 6:44
for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. Luke 6:44 NRSV …
Michael Ramsey
"Thankfulness is a soil in which pride does not easily grow." Michael Ramsey – Archbishop of Canterbury …
Ruth 2:3
So she went. She came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. As it happened, she came to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Ruth 2:3 NRSV …
Genesis 29:3
and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well. Genesis 29:3 NRSV …
Matthew 3:12
“His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." Matthew 3:12 NRSV …
Gregory Pierce
"The workplace is in fact exactly where the great majority of us are supposed to carry out our Christian mission." – Gregory Pierce, president of Catholic ACTA Publications …