17 Bible Verses about Labor

It a jubilee the year, the fiftieth year shall be to you: ye shall not sow and ye shall not reap its overflowings, and ye shall not gather its separations.

And in the seventh year, a Sabbath of rest shall be to the land, a Sabbath to Jehovah: thy field thou shalt not sow, and thy vineyard thou. shalt not prune. The overflowing of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy separation thou shalt not gather: a year of the Sabbaths shall be to the land.

He working his earth shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing vain things wanted heart.

He working his land shall be filled with bread: and he pursuing the vain shall be filled with poverty.

The soul of him laboring, labored for himself; for his mouth urged upon him.

The sleep of the servant is sweet, if little, or if much he shall eat: and the satiety to the rich not permitting to him to sleep.

Wealth from vanity shall be diminished: and he gathering with the hand, shall increase.

For yet are ye carnal: for wherefore envy in you, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? For when a certain one should say, I truly am of Paul; and another, I of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants by whom ye believed, and to each as the Lord gave? read more.
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased. So that neither he planting is anything, neither he watering; but God increasing. And he planting and he watering are one: and each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are workers together with God: the agriculture of God, ye are the building of God.

Song of ascensions Happy every one fearing Jehovah; going in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy thou, and well to thee.

They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat: for as the days of a tree the days of my people, and my chosen shall wear out the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Happy the dead who dying in the Lord from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they might cease from their fatigues; and their works follow with them.

Ho, every one thirsting, Come ye to the waters, and whom there is not to him silver, come ye, buy and eat; and come ye, and buy without silver and without price, wine and milk. Wherefore will ye weigh silver without bread? and your labour not for fulness? hearing, hear ye to me, and eat good, and your soul shall delight in fatness.

In that time Jesus having answered, said, I acknowledge to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to children. Yes, Father: for so was it benevolence before thee. All things were delivered to me by my Father; and none knows the Son, except the Father; nor knows any one the Father, except the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal read more.
Come to me, all ye wearied and loaded, and I will cause you to rest. Lift up my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and humble in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is useful, and my load is light.

And that ye be ambitions to remain quiet, and attend to your own things, and work with your own hands, as we enjoined you; That ye should walk becomingly to them without, and have need of nothing.

He stealing let him steal no more: and rather let him be wearied from fatigue, working good with the hands, that he have to impart to him having need.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that our fatigue is not in vain in the Lord.

They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat: for as the days of a tree the days of my people, and my chosen shall wear out the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, and they shall not bring forth for terror; for they the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

And after these the Lord showed forth other seventy, and sent them together two and two before his face into every city and place, where he was about to come. Then said he to them, Truly the harvest much, and the laborers few: implore therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. Retire: behold, I send you as lambs in the midst of wolves. read more.
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor shoes: and greet none by the way. And in whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. And if truly the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: and if not so, it shall turn back to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things of them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And in whatever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat the things set before you. And cure the sick in it, and say to them, The kingdom of God has drawn near to you. And in whatever city ye enter, and they receive you not, having gone into its spacious ways, say, And the dust having cleaved to us from your city, we wipe off to you but know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn nigh to you. And I say to you, that it shall be more supportable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

And Jesus went about all the cities and towns, teaching in their assemblies, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every weakness in the people. And having seen the crowds, he felt compassion for them, for they were relaxed and dispersed, as sheep not having a shepherd. Then he says to his disciples, Truly the harvest much, but the laborers few. read more.
Implore therefore the Lord of the harvest, so that he might draw forth laborers into his harvest.

Thou shalt not labor to become rich: cease from thy wisdom.

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but for that ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied. Work not for food perishing, but food remaining to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you: for him God the Father sealed.

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise chief-architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon. And let each see how he builds upon. For none is able to lay another foundation above that laid, which is Jesus the Christ. And if any one build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stalks; read more.
The work of each shall be manifested: for the day shall manifest, for in fire it is revealed; and the work of each, what sort it is, the fire shall prove. If the work of any shall remain which he built upon, he shall receive a reward. If the work of any one shall be burned, he shall be caused damage: and he shall be saved; and so as by fire.

Neither ate we the bread of any as a gift; but in fatigue and toil working night and day also, not to overload any of you:

For God is working in you also to will and to work by benevolence.

Cursed he doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, and cursed he withholding his sword from blood.

The labors of the just one, to life: the increase of the unjust to sin.

The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,

In all labor will be profit: and the word of the lips only to want

From the fruit of the mouth a man shall be satisfied with good: and the reward of the hands of a man shall be good to him.

Song of ascensions to Solomon. If Jehovah shall not build the house, they building it, in it labored in vain. If Jehovah shall not watch the city, he watching, watched in vain.

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but for that ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied. Work not for food perishing, but food remaining to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you: for him God the Father sealed.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe in him whom he has sent.

And this the word of tribute which king Solomon brought up to build the house of Jehovah, and his house, and the fortress, and the walls of Jerusalem, and the enclosure, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Their sons which were left after them in the land, which the sons of Israel will not be able to destroy them, and Solomon will bring them up for tribute of work even to this day.

And king Solomon will bring up a tribute from all Israel; and the tribute will be thirty thousand men.