The Bible teaches that men have a responsibility to work and provide for their families. In Genesis, God gave Adam the task of caring for the Garden of Eden, establishing work as a fundamental part of human purpose. The New Testament reinforces this idea, with 1 Timothy instructing men to provide for their households and 1 Thessalonians encouraging them to work quietly and depend on no one. Additionally, Colossians and Ephesians emphasize the importance of working with integrity and diligence, doing so as unto the Lord, and using one's skills to benefit others, as seen in Ephesians 4:28.
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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.