8 Bible Verses about Careers

Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.)

David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest."

With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy. Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.