29 Bible Verses about Industry

He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.

So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.

So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, - even as, unto you, we gave charge -

Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, - working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have wherewith to be giving away to him that hath need;

For ye remember, brethren, our toil and hardship: night and day, working, so as not to be a burden unto any of you, we proclaimed unto you the glad-message of God,

yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands: She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food; And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens: read more.
She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard: She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms: She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night: Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle: Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy: She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson: Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing: Known in the gates, is her husband, when he sitteth, with the elders of the land: Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader: Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come: Her mouth, she openeth with wisdom, and, the instruction of kindness, is on her tongue: She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat. Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her: - Many daughters, have done virtuously, but, thou, excellest them all! Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised: Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.

and, because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought, for they were tent-makers by their trade.

And toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless, being persecuted, we hold on,

In all things, I gave you to understand, that, thus toiling, it behoves to be helping the weak, also to be keeping in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, that, he himself, said - Happy is it, rather to give than to receive!

Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, - working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have wherewith to be giving away to him that hath need;

and, because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought, for they were tent-makers by their trade.

The silver or gold or apparel of no one, did I covet: yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

Nor, as a free-gift, did eat, bread, from anyone, but, with toil and hardship, night and day, working, - that we might not burden any of you; -

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

Then said Samuel unto Jesse - Are these all the young men? And he said - There yet remaineth, the youngest, but lo! he is tending the sheep. Then said Samuel unto Jesse - Do, send, and summon him, for we cannot sit round, until he cometh in hither.

Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her: -

Wealth gotten by greed, diminisheth, but, he that gathereth by little, increaseth.

Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.

And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens:

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

Now, the man Jeroboam, being an able Solomon observed his servant, that he man, was, one to execute a work, so he gave him oversight of all the charge of the house of Joseph.

And, the elders of the Jews, went on building and prospering, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, - they both built and finished, owing to the edict of the God of Israel, and owing to the edict of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. And this house was finished, by the third day of the month Adar, - the which was the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for a shepherdess, was she.

and, ye, know that with all my vigour, have I served your father.

So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

but, the seventh day, is a sabbath unto Yahweh thy God, - thou shalt do no work, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter nor thy servant, nor thy handmaid, nor thy beast, nor thy sojourner who is within thy gates,

So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden, - to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.

And the child grew, and she brought him in to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said - For out of the water, I drew him.

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi - Let me go, I pray thee, to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I may find favour. And she said to her - Go, my daughter. So she went her way, and came, and gleaned in the field, after the reapers, - and it happened to her, to light upon the portion of field-land belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

Now, the man Jeroboam, being an able Solomon observed his servant, that he man, was, one to execute a work, so he gave him oversight of all the charge of the house of Joseph.

And Peter, arising, went with them, - whom, when he arrived, they brought up into the upper room; and there stood by him all the widows, weeping, and showing the tunics and mantles - whatsoever things Dorcas was making while she was with them.

For ye remember, brethren, our toil and hardship: night and day, working, so as not to be a burden unto any of you, we proclaimed unto you the glad-message of God,

yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest, - and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

And the young man that was set over the reapers answered and said, - The Moabitish maiden, is she who came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab; and she said - Let me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean, until the end of the barley harvest, and the wheat harvest, - and dwelt with her mother-in-law.

And the young man that was set over the reapers answered and said, - The Moabitish maiden, is she who came back with Naomi, out of the country of Moab; and she said - Let me glean, I pray thee, and gather among the sheaves, after the reapers; so she came in, and hath continued from that time, all the morning until just now, and hath not rested in the house, for a little.

He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.

So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

In business, not slothful, in spirit, fervent, to the Lord, doing service,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

and, because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought, for they were tent-makers by their trade.

She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.

Now, the man Jeroboam, being an able Solomon observed his servant, that he man, was, one to execute a work, so he gave him oversight of all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Thus have I been - By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night, - So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.

So she gleaned in the field, until the evening, - and beat out that which she had gleaned, and there was about an ephah of barley.

and, because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought, for they were tent-makers by their trade.

She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.

Now, the man Jeroboam, being an able Solomon observed his servant, that he man, was, one to execute a work, so he gave him oversight of all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Thus have I been - By day, drought hath consumed me, And, frost, by, night, - So that my sleep fled away from mine eyes.

So she gleaned in the field, until the evening, - and beat out that which she had gleaned, and there was about an ephah of barley.