17 Bible Verses about Physical Labour

Jehovah God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

You will eat your food by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground. You came from the ground. For dust you are and to dust you will return.

You may work for six days. But the seventh day is a day of worship (Sabbath), a day when you do not work, and a holy assembly. Do not do any work. It is Jehovah's day of worship wherever you live.

Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished. He who gathers by labor will increase.

In all labor there is profit: but idle chatter leads only to destitution.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going.

He that steals must steal no more. Let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to someone in need.

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and mind your own business, and work with your hands, as we command you.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to earn their own living.

What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.

There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.

This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.