7 Bible Verses about Labor

for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men? For, when one says, "I am of Paul;" and another, "I am of Apollos;" are ye not carnal? What, then, is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and as the Lord gave to each. read more.
I planted, Apollos watered; but God causeth it to grow. So that neither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God Who causeth it to grow. And he that plants and he that waters are one; but each shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow-workers; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, "Write: Happy are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea," saith the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes. Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing before Thee! "All things were delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows the Son except the Father; neither does any one fully know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son willeth to reveal Him. read more.
"Come to me, all ye who are laboring and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; because I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls; for My yoke is easy, and My burden light."

and to make it your aim to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we charged you; that ye walk becomingly towards those without, and that ye may have need of nothing.

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

Therefore, my beloved brethren, become steadfast, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others; and sent them away, two and two, before His face, into every city and place, whither He Himself was about to come. And He said to them, "The harvest, indeed, is great, but the laborers few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He urge forth laborers into His harvest. Go your ways; behold, I am sending you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. read more.
Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' And, if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it; but, if not, it will return to you. And in the same house abide, eating and drinking the things supplied by them; for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you; and heal the sick therein, and say to them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.' But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, going forth into the streets thereof, say, 'Even the dust from your city, that cleaves to our feet, we wipe off against you; nevertheless, know this, that the Kingdom of God has come nigh.' I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. And, seeing the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd. Then He saith to His disciples, "The harvest, indeed, is abundant, but the laborers few; read more.
pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that He send forth laborers into His harvest.

Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily, I say to you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for Him God the Father sealed."

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master-builder, I laid a foundation; and another builds thereon. But let each one take heed how he builds thereon; for other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. And, if any one builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; read more.
the work of each one shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove each one's work, of what sort it is. If any one's work which he built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward. If any one's work shall be burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire.

nor did we eat any one's bread, gratuitously: but, in labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you;

for it is God Who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily, I say to you, ye seek Me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for Him God the Father sealed."

Jesus answered, and said to them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He sent."