if you don't work, you don't eat; no work, no food
A well-known proverb emphasizing the duty to work for one's living; often quoted in discussions about work ethic or social welfare.
The saying 'If you don't work, you don't eat' teaches the importance of labor.
He works diligently every day with the spirit of 'no work, no food'.
Variant with もの in kana; equally common.
A Japanese rendering of a biblical principle (2 Thessalonians 3:10), using classical negative form ざる and the volitional/imperative べからず.