Thematic Bible: Fields of activity
Thematic Bible
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
There is one alone and without a second; also he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, and he saith not, For whom then am I labouring, and depriving my soul of good? This also is vanity and a grievous occupation.
Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Serving the church
yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.
But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Motherly duties
And his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.
And he carried him, and brought him to his mother; and he sat on her knees till noon, and died.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Acting as judges
Now Deb'orah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapp'idoth, was judging Israel at that time.
The peasantry ceased in Israel, they ceased until you arose, Deb'orah, arose as a mother in Israel.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Meeting an emergency and saving her household
And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » In beautifying the tabernacle
And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Philanthropy
And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did.
Women » fields of activity » In beautifying the tabernacle
And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.