29 Bible Verses about Industry

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands. She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar. She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls. read more.
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn't go out by night. She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: "Many women do noble things, but you excel them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

I coveted no one's silver, or gold, or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your children here?" He said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here."

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.

You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

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

The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."

Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor." She said to her, "Go, my daughter." She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."

So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.

The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab. She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

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

and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

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