42 Bible Verses about Success And Hard Work

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.

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.

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

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.

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

And the Lord said, See, they are all one people and have all one language; and this is only the start of what they may do: and now it will not be possible to keep them from any purpose of theirs.

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.

When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.