17 Bible Verses about overworking

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut.

And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.