詩篇 37:25
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
我從前年幼，現在年老，卻未見過義人被棄，也未見過他的後裔討飯。
箴言 20:4
Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種，到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。
路加福音 16:3
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg-
那管家心裡說：『主人辭我，不用我再作管家，我將來做什麼？鋤地呢？無力；討飯呢？怕羞。
