11 Bible Verses about Men Working
Most Relevant Verses
For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."
But if any one fails to provide for his own, and especially for his kindred, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
Also, that you endeavor to live quietly and to mind your own business, and to work with your hands (as I charged you). So that your conduct may be seemly toward those that are without, and that you may not need help from any man.
At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.
"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "'Son, go work today in my vineyard!'
"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
Now all such I command and entreat, by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to work in quietness. and to earn their own living.