Labour is a Good thing.
1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own Labour .
1 Corinthians 4:12
and Labour , working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
Ephesians 4:28
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him Labour , working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
1 Timothy 5:18
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us Labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.