28 Bible Verses about Work, Divine And Human

If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

So the Lord God sent them away into every part of the earth: and they gave up building their town.

I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

You were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

Not as if we were able by ourselves to do anything for which we might take the credit; but our power comes from God;

For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

And they went out, preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, and giving witness to the word by the signs which came after. So be it.

So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts; For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say. Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed? When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge?read more.
For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things. For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod. Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it. This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.

So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

And now we give you news, brothers, about the grace of God which has been given to the churches of Macedonia; How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others. For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,read more.
Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints: And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him; In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me. Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.read more.
I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.

And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe.

Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.