36 Bible Verses about hardwork

In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to want.

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The sleep of the labourer is sweet, whether he have eaten little or much; but the fulness of the rich doth not suffer him to sleep.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;

But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

Better is a handful with quietness, than both hands full with labour and pursuit of the wind.

Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men;

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wise man think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out.

but let each prove his own work, and then he will have his boast in what belongs to himself alone, and not in what belongs to another.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.

For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.

She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.

Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

See to yourselves, that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive full wages.

But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,