36 Bible Verses about hardwork

In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

The sleep of the servant is sweet whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour; it is the gift of God.

Behold therefore the good which I have seen: that good is to eat and to drink and to enjoy of the good of all his labour that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

Be ye strong, therefore, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.

Better is a handful with rest than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men,

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.

Man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

And I have seen regarding all the works of God that man cannot attain to understand the work that is being done under the sun, because though a man labours to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; even though the wise man says that he knows it, yet he shall not be able to attain it.

But let everyone prove his own work, and then he shall have glory regarding only himself, and not in another.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

When thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

in which I continue to labour, contending according to his operation, which he works in me mightily.

That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun, which I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was no one to help.

Seest thou a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. I also have seen that this is from the hand of God.

Likewise, unto every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, he has also given him power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

The blessing of the LORD is that which makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

For what does man have of all his labour and of the vexation of his heart in which he has laboured under the sun?

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.

Cheth She girded her loins with strength and strengthened her arms.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou dost love all the days which thou art to live in this lake of vanity, which are given unto thee; all the days of thy vanity under the sun: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour in which thou dost work under the sun.

I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed labour upon you in vain.

remembering without ceasing the work of your faith and labour and charity and of waiting with the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

Again, I considered all travail and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Look to yourselves, that we not lose those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a fulfilled reward.

And we beseech you, brethren, to recognize those who labour among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you

and that ye procure to be quiet and to do your business and to work with your hands, as we commanded you,