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Work
Labour as covenant: a calling, not a curse. Every tradition treats the doing of a task as a kind of prayer — Genesis tilling, Krishna karma yoga, Paul tentmaking.
Judaism
"And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it."
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might..."
"In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."
Christianity
"...if any would not work, neither should he eat."
"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Hinduism
"Therefore, without attachment, perform always the work that has to be done..."
Islam
"And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives."