23 Bible Verses about Men Working

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly towards them that are without, and that ye may have need of nothing.

And he went up from thence to Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, thou bald-head; go up, thou bald-head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him. Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men;

Then will two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go, work to-day in my vineyard.

Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left.

Send me now therefore a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave with the skillful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.

And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou labored? blessed be he that took knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.

For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also of mount Ephraim; and he dwelt in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

Moreover, there are workmen with thee in great numbers, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skillful men for every manner of work.