17 Bible Verses about Doing One's Work
Most Relevant Verses
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
"On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest.
In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.
"'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live.
But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day."
She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.
The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.
Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure."
So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."
Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"
Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life -- the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him."
to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.
The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!"
Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'"
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
