– Its etymology in Latin ( tripallium , instrument of torture) does not match the divine design to cultivate and guard the soil:
Gen 1:28 : “Be fruitful”, he said, “and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it”.
Gen 2:15 : The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to cultivate the ground and take care of it.
– God wanted man to work:
Gen 2:5.15 : There was not yet a bush on the earth in the fields, and no herb had yet sprouted in the fields.
Ex 20,9 : You will work for six days, and you will do all your work.
Pr 6:6 : Go, you sluggard, to the ant, watch its behavior and become wise.
Pr 18.9 : The slack in work is a brother of the sink.
Eclo 7,15 : In the company of the elders, do not be talkative, do not multiply the words in your prayer.
1Th 4:11 : Seek to live in peace, minding your own business and working with your hands.
– And rest on the Sabbath in imitation of it:
Gen 2:2-3 : On the seventh day, God finished his work, and he rested from his work.
Ex 20,8-9 : Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy.
Ex 23,12 : For six days you will do your work, but on the seventh you will rest.
Leviticus 23:3: You will work six days, but on the seventh day, Saturday, the day of rest, there will be a holy assembly.
Deut 5 : 12-13: You shall keep the Sabbath day and hallow it, as the Lord your God has commanded you.
Ps 8,4 : When I contemplate the firmament, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you set there.
Is 5,7 : The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his predilection.
Is 18 :5: Because before the harvest, when flowering has passed and the flower has become a ripening bunch.
Mt 15:13 : Jesus replied: “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted”.
Jn 5:17 : But he said to them: “My Father continues to act until now, and I act too”.
Jo 15,1 : I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
– After disobedience to God, work became painful:
Gen 3:17-18 : Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree I had forbidden you to eat.
Ex 21,2 : When you buy a Hebrew slave, he will serve six years; on the seventh he will go free.
Deut 15,12-13 : When your brother is a Hebrew, […] he will serve you six years, but in the seventh year you will dismiss him.
Ps 89,10 : Seventy years is the total of our life, the strongest reach eighty.
Eccl 2:11 : When I began to consider all the work of my hands and the work to which I had given myself.
Eclo 38,25,33,34 : The scribe’s wisdom comes to him in his leisure time. He who is little agitated will acquire wisdom.
Eclo 39,1-11 : The wise man carefully seeks the wisdom of all the ancients, and applies himself to the study of the prophets.
– But God blesses the work:
Deut 14:29 : And may the Lord your God bless you in all the works of your hands.
Deuteronomy 28 :8 : The Lord will command a blessing to be upon you, in your barns and in all your works.
Deut 16:15 : For seven days you shall celebrate the Lord your God in the place chosen by him, because he will bless you.
Deut 28:12 : The Lord will open up to you his precious reserves, […] and to bless all the work of your hands.
Ps 127,2 : You will be able to live, then, from the work of your hands, you will be happy and you will have well-being.
Is 62,8-9 : The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “I will no longer let your enemies eat”.
Amos 9:14 : Then I will restore my people Israel: they will rebuild the devastated cities and inhabit them.
– It is necessary for survival and realized for God:
Eclo 38,32.34 : And all his work is aimed at producing a certain amount.
Pr 10,4-5 : A lazy hand causes indigence; the diligent hand is made rich. He who gathers in the summer is a prudent son.
Eccl 5:11 : Sweet is the sleep of the worker, whether he has little or much to eat.
Wis 14,2 : Because the desire for profit invented the ship, and skillful wisdom directed its construction.
Eph 6 :7 : I served with dedication, as servants of the Lord and not of men.
Col 3:23 : Whatever you do, do it heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.
– Jesus became incarnate among us and as such he worked and spoke about work:
Mt 13:55 : Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not Mary his mother?
Mk 6,3 : Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary?
Mt 13,3-4,33,47-48 : He said: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, part of the seed fell along the way.”
– Also the apostles:
Mt 4,18.21 : Walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers.
Acts 18:3 : As they exercised the same trade, he lived and worked with them.
Acts 20:34 : You yourselves know: these hands provided for my needs and those of my companions.
1Cor 4,12 : We toil, working with our own hands.
1Th 4:11 : Seek to live in peace, minding your own business and working with your hands.
2Th 3, 11-12 : Among you there are some troublemakers, loafers, who are only concerned with meddling in other people’s affairs.
2Th 3,6-7.10 : Avoid living together with any brother who leads a life […] contrary to the tradition that you have received from us.
– Greed is execrated:
Ecclesiastes 4 :8 : A man alone […] works without stopping and yet his eyes are not satisfied with riches.
Mt 6,25-34 : Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or for your body, what you will wear.
Lc 12,15-16 : Guard yourselves […] from all covetousness, because a man’s life […] does not depend on his riches.
Eph 5 :5 : For you know this well: no sexually immoral person or covetous person – true idolaters!
Col 3,5 : Mortify your members in what is earthly: […] evil desires, covetousness, which is idolatry.
Heb 13,5 : Live without covetousness. Be content with what you have, for God himself said: “I will never leave you nor forsake you”.
– The worker is entitled to his wages:
Mt 10:10 : Neither a knapsack for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman deserves his sustenance.
Lc 10,7 : Stay in the same house, eat and drink what they have, for the worker is worthy of his wages.
Rom 4,4-5 : Well, wages are not gratification, but a debt owed to the worker.
1Cor 9,3-5 : Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
1Tm 5,17-18 : Elders who carry out the task of presiding well are to be honored with double remuneration.
– Paul gives him up:
1Th 2,9 : You remember, brothers, our labors and our toil.
2Th 3:8 : But with toil and toil we toiled night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you.
1Cor 4,12 : We toil, working with our own hands. Insulted, we bless.
