29 Bible Verses about Industry

He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

She seeks wool and flax, and she works with the diligence of {her hands}. She is like the ships of a merchant; from far off she brings her food; And she arises while [it is] still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls. read more.
She considers a field and buys it, from the fruit of {her hand} she plants a vineyard. She girds her waist in strength, and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise [is] good; her lamp does not go out in the night. Her hands she puts onto the distaff, and her palms hold a spindle. Her palm she opens to the poor, and her hand she reaches [out] to the needy. She does not fear for her house [when] it snows, for {her entire household} is clothed [in] crimson. She makes for herself coverings; her clothing [is] fine linen and purple. Her husband is known at the gates, in his seat among the elders of the land. Linen garments she makes and sells, and she supplies sashes for the merchants. Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs {at the future}. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness [is] upon her tongue. She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat. Her children rise and consider her happy, her husband [also], and he praises her; "Many daughters have done excellence, but {you surpass} all of them." Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised. Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.

And because [he] was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

And because [he] was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing! You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but with toil and labor, [we were] working night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you,

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense}; and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down.

Then Samuel said to Jesse, "{Are all the young men here}?" And he said, "The youngest still remains, but look, he [is] shepherding the flock." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him, for we cannot {sit down} until he comes here."

Her children rise and consider her happy, her husband [also], and he praises her;

Wealth [gained] from haste will dwindle, but he who gathers {little by little} will increase it.

Give to her from the fruit of her hand, and may they praise her works in the city gates.

And she arises while [it is] still night, and gives food to her household, and tasks to her servant girls.

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise. It has no chief, officer, or ruler. In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.

Now the man Jeroboam [was] a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man {was a diligent worker}, so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.

So the elders of the Jews were building and prospering, through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building by the command of the God of Israel and by the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia. This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

While he was speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father, for she was pasturing [them].

Now you yourselves know that I have served your father with all my strength,

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

But the seventh day [is] a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work--you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who [is] in your gates--

And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

And the boy grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses, and she said, "Because I drew him out from the water."

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Please let me go [to] the field and glean among the ears of grain after [someone] in whose eyes I [may] find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." So she went and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. And she happened [by] chance [upon] the tract of field {belonging to} Boaz, who [was] from the clan of Elimelech.

Now the man Jeroboam [was] a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man {was a diligent worker}, so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.

So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

So she stayed close with the maidservants [of] Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

And {the servant in charge of the reapers} said, "She [is] a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab. And she said, 'Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came and remained from the morning up to now. {She is sitting for a little while in the house}."

So she stayed close with the maidservants [of] Boaz to glean until the end of the barley harvest and wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

And {the servant in charge of the reapers} said, "She [is] a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab. And she said, 'Please let me glean and let me gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.' So she came and remained from the morning up to now. {She is sitting for a little while in the house}."

He who gathers in the summer [is] a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest [is] a child who brings shame.

And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.

He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks {sense}.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

And because [he] was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.

Now the man Jeroboam [was] a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man {was a diligent worker}, so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.

[There] I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

So she gleaned in the field until the evening and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah [of] barley.

And because [he] was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

She looks after the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she will not eat.

Now the man Jeroboam [was] a man of ability, and Solomon saw that the young man {was a diligent worker}, so he appointed him over all of the forced labor for the house of Joseph.

[There] I was, during the day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

So she gleaned in the field until the evening and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah [of] barley.