16 Bible Verses about Labor
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Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food; With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
On six days do all your work:
Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.
For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.
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Feast of jubilee » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
Let this fiftieth year be the Jubilee: no seed may be planted, and that which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes may not be taken from the uncared-for vines.
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Cessation » Labor
But let the seventh year be a Sabbath of rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord; do not put seed into your land or have your vines cut. That which comes to growth of itself may not be cut, and the grapes of your uncared-for vines may not be taken off; let it be a year of rest for the land.
Labor » Those that labor
He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.
By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.
Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.
Labor » Who shall eat the fruits of their labor
Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men? For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men? What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them. read more.
I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase. So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase. Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work. For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands. Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
Labor » Who shall rest from their labors
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes. All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear. read more.
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
Labor » Laboring
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders; That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.
Labor » Who shall not labor in vain
For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
They will no longer be building for the use of others, or planting for others to have the fruit: for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my loved ones will have joy in full measure in the work of their hands. Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.
Labor » The laborers of the harvest
Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain. Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves. read more.
Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way. And whenever you go into a house, first say, Peace be to this house. And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again. And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house. And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you: And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you. But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say, Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near. I say to you, It will be better in that day for Sodom than for that town.
And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain. But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper. Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in. read more.
Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
Labor » What not to labor for
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough. Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
Labor » Man’s work
In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it. For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ. But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems; read more.
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work. If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward. If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire.
Labor » Why you should labor
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
Labor » God working in you
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
Labor » Those that do the work of the lord deceitfully
Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.
Labor » The labor of the righteous
Labor » Who refuses to labor
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
Labor » Labor profiting
In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.
Labor » The recompense of a man’s hands
From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
Labor » Who labors in vain
If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
Labor » What to labor for
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough. Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
Labor » The work of the lord
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
Tribute » Often exacted in » Labor
Now, this was the way of Solomon's system of forced work for the building of the Lord's house and of the king's house, and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Megiddo and Gezer. ...
Their children who were still in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not been able to put to complete destruction, them did Solomon put to forced work, to this day.
Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;
Topics on Labor
Hard Labor
1 Corinthians 9:24-27Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
Labor, Spiritual Aspects Of
John 4:38I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
The Benefits Of Labor
Proverbs 14:23In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.