1 Thessalonians 2:9
Brothers, you remember our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not become a burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.
Acts 18:3
and because they had the same trade he stayed with them. They worked together because they were tentmakers by trade.
2 Corinthians 11:9
When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
Nehemiah 5:15
Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of 40 shekels of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God.
Nehemiah 5:18
Our daily requirements were one ox and six choice sheep, along with various kinds of poultry prepared for me. Every ten days there was a delivery of an abundant supply of wine. Despite all this, I refused the governor's allotment, because demands on the people were heavy.
Psalm 32:4
For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude
Psalm 88:1
LORD, God of my salvation, by day and by night I cry out before you.
Jeremiah 9:1
"Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.
Luke 2:37
and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.
Luke 18:7
Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?
Acts 20:24
But I don't place any value on my life, if only I can finish my race and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.
Acts 20:31
So be alert! Remember that for three years, night and day, I never stopped tearfully warning each of you.
Acts 20:34-35
You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.
Romans 1:1
From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel,
Romans 15:16
to be a minister of the Messiah Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering brought by gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:19
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of God's Spirit, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of the Messiah from Jerusalem as far as Illyricum.
1 Corinthians 4:12
We wear ourselves out from working with our own hands. When insulted, we bless. When persecuted, we endure.
1 Corinthians 9:6-7
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to keep on working for a living?
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have not used any of these rights, and I'm not writing this so that they may be applied in my case. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What, then, is my reward? It is to be able to preach the gospel free of charge, and so I never resort to demanding my rights when I'm preaching the gospel.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;
2 Corinthians 12:13-14
How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!
Philippians 4:16
Even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs not once, but twice.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
As you know, we suffered persecution and were mistreated in Philippi. Yet we were encouraged by our God to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
We did not seek praise from people from you or from anyone else
1 Thessalonians 3:10
We pray very hard night and day that we may see you again face to face, so that we may equip you with whatever is lacking in your faith.
2 Thessalonians 3:7-9
For you yourselves know what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness among you.
1 Timothy 1:11
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
1 Timothy 4:10
To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.
1 Timothy 5:5
A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.
2 Timothy 1:3
I constantly thank my God whom I serve with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did when I remember you in my prayers night and day,