"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you." 1 Thessalonians 4:11.
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing." Exodus 21:2.
"Holy angels often visited the garden, and gave instruction to Adam and Eve concerning their employment. . . . The angels warned them of Satan and cautioned them not to separate from each other in their employment, for they might be brought in contact with this fallen foe." EW 147.
"The family tie is the closest, the most tender and sacred, of any on earth." MH 356.
"Fathers should train their sons to engage with them in their trades and employments." CG 355.
"And Pharaoh said unto his [Joseph's] brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers." Genesis 47:3.
"While every person needs some knowledge of different handicrafts, it is indispensable that he become proficient in at least one." CG 357.
"Aquila and Priscilla . . . established a business as manufacturers of tents." AA 349.
"No man is excusable for being without financial ability. Of many a man it may be said . . . he is not qualified to manage his own business. . . . He has not been brought up . . . to practice the principles of self-support." AH 93.
"Thousands . . . might achieve self-support in a happy, healthy, independent life if they could be directed in skillful, diligent labor in the tilling of the soil." Ed 220.
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