49 Bible Verses about Work

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Deceit » The wicked » Work

Deceit » Work

Satan's » Work » Instigating men to sin

John 13:2

By supper time, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.

2 Corinthians 12:7

To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

"You certainly will not die!" the Shining One told the woman. "Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you'll become like God, knowing good and evil."

Satan's » Work » Preying upon men

Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ

Satan's » Work » Ruining the soul and body

Luke 13:16

Shouldn't this woman, a descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

Luke 9:42

Even while the boy was coming, the demon knocked him to the ground and threw him into convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Satan's » Work » Slandering saints

Job 1:9-10

But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.

Job 1:11

However, stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face."

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one. The enemy who sowed them is the Devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

Then I saw Joshua the High Priest standing in the presence of the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right to oppose him.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Topics on Work

Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, approached the stone, rolled it away, and was sitting on top of it.

Destruction Of Satan's Works

Zephaniah 1:4

"I will also stretch out my hand against Judah, and upon all inhabitants of Jerusalem. I'll wipe out every trace of Baal from this place, and the name of the pagan priests, along with my own priests.

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

"Now therefore," says the LORD God of Israel, "concerning this city about which you are saying, "It is being given into the control of the king of Babylon by sword, famine, and plague,'

Hard Work

John 4:38

I have sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have adopted their work as your own."

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of humans to the firstborn of animals. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told, "Why didn't you, both yesterday and today, fulfill your quota for making bricks as before?"

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Our ancestor Abraham was justified by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar, wasn't he?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

Then the LORD said, "I'm now going to make a covenant. I'll do miraculous deeds in full view of your people that haven't been done in all the earth or in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, because it's an awesome thing that I'll do with you.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You are not to do any work neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner who lives among you

Rejoicing In God's Works

Psalm 92:4

Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands.

Reward For Works

Psalm 62:12

Also to you, Lord, belongs gracious love, because you reward each person according to what he does. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

Work As To Christ

Ephesians 6:6

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

you are to tell him, "Your servants have been taking care of livestock since we were youths. We and our ancestors have taken care of livestock.' That way, you'll be able to live in the Goshen territory, since shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

"How did you get it so quickly, my son?" Isaac asked. Jacob responded, ""because the LORD your God made me successful."

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

So God created mankind in his own image; in his own image God created them; he created them male and female.

Works Of Faith

James 2:14

What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it?

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

Keep my statutes and my ordinances, which a person is to obey in order to live in them. I am the LORD.

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