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

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus.

2 Corinthians 12:7

even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me -- so that I would not become arrogant.

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die, for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know 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

Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?"

Luke 9:42

As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with 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

Then Satan answered the Lord, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God? Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

Job 1:11

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

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Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

Doing God's Works

John 6:28

So then they said to him, "What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?"

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

"You and your people are right in saying, 'War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.' But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city:

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh's slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, "Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past -- both yesterday and today?"

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

He said, "See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates.

Rejoicing In God's Works

Psalm 92:4

For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

The Work Of Fools

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

Work As To Christ

Ephesians 6:6

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching -- as people-pleasers -- but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

Tell him, 'Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians."

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied.

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

Work, Divine And Human

Psalm 127:1

A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.

Works Of Faith

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord.

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