“To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’

“Cursed is the ground because of you;
    through painful toil you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow
    you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”

– Genesis 3:17-20

“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” – Deut. 25:4

“The worker is worthy of his wages.” – 1 Timothy 5:18

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” – Exodus 20:8-11

“Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.” – Col. 4:1

“Even while we were among you we gave you this rule: if a man will not work, he shall not eat.” – 2 Thess. 3:10