1 Thessalonians 5:12
And we entreat you, brethren, to respect those that labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and instruct you;
Hebrews 13:17
Be ruled by those that are your guides, and submit to them: for they watch for your souls; (as those that must give an account) that they may do it with joy and not with uneasiness: for this were unprofitable for you.
1 Corinthians 16:16
have set themselves to minister to the saints) that you also would be subservient to such, and to every one that worketh and laboureth with us.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his favor to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
1 Corinthians 16:18
For they have refreshed my spirit as well as yours: have a due regard therefore to such worthy persons.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.
Luke 10:7
But remain in the same house, eating and drinking such as they have; for the laborer is worthy of his hire.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be of a patient spirit towards all.
1 Timothy 5:1
Do not chide a senior, but exhort him as a father; and younger men as brethren:
1 Timothy 5:17-18
Let the elders, who preside well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those that labour in preaching and teaching.
Titus 1:3
and hath in his own times manifested his word, by the preaching, with which I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
Revelation 1:20-1
As to the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks; the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:3
and for my name's sake thou hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead and is alive;
Revelation 2:12
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, These things saith He, who hath the sharp two-edged sword;
Revelation 2:18
And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, who hath eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brass; I know thy works,
Revelation 3:1
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, These things saith He that hath the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead:
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, These things saith the holy One, He that is true, He that hath the key of David, He that openeth and no one shutteth, and shutteth and no one openeth:
Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
Matthew 9:37-38
upon which He saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers few:
Luke 10:1-2
After these things the Lord appointed also seventy others, and sent them two and two before Him, into every city and place, whither He himself was about to come.
John 4:38
in as much as I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labors.
Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the holy Spirit hath appointed you bishops, to feed the church of God, which He purchased with his own blood.
Acts 20:35
I have shewed you in all things, that by labouring thus ye ought to support the infirm; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are fellow-laborers, the servants of God: and ye are the husbandry of God, ye are the building of God.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God hath placed you accordingly in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miraculous powers, then gifts of healing, helps, governments, and various kinds of tongues.
2 Corinthians 5:9
Wherefore we are also ambitious, whether dwelling in the body, or out of it, to be well-pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 6:1
And we co-operating with Him do also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
2 Corinthians 11:23
so am I: are they ministers of Christ? (if I may speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes far exceeding, in prisons more frequently, and often even in deaths.
Galatians 4:11
so that I am afraid for you, least I have indeed bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Philippians 2:16
exhibiting the word of life; to my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
Philippians 2:19
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be refreshed, by knowing the state of your affairs.
Colossians 1:29
in order to which I also labour, striving earnestly according to his energy which operates in me with power.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those that offend reprove before all, that others also may fear.
2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman must labour first, in order to partake of the fruits.
Titus 1:5
For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee:
Titus 2:15
These things speak, and exhort; and reprove offenders with all authority: that none may despise thee.
1 Peter 5:2-3
taking the episcopal charge of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with a ready mind: