44 Bible Verses about Success And Hard Work

The devices of one that is diligent, bring plenteousness; but he that is unadvised, cometh to poverty.

In every labour there is some profit; but only vain words bringeth forth penury.

Again, I saw that all travail and diligence of labour was hated of every man. This is also a vain thing, and a vexation of mind.

"One handful," sayeth he, "is better with rest, than both the hands full with labor and travail."

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

When an iron is blunt, and the point not sharpened, it must be whet again, and that with might. Even so doth wisdom follow diligence.

Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in their business stand before kings, and not among the simple people?

But pluck you up your hearts and let not your hands faint, for your works shall be rewarded."

Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.

A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.

Is it not better then for a man to eat and drink, and his soul to be merry in his labour? Yea I saw that this also was a gift of God:

Therefore two are better than one, for they may well enjoy the profit of their labour.

Cease not thou therefore with thy hands to sow thy seed, whether it be in the morning or in the evening: for then knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better.

Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me.

Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;

It is but lost labour that ye rise up early, and take no rest, but eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

"Strive with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

He that planteth, and he that watereth, are neither better than the other. Every man yet shall receive his reward according to his labour.

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Forsomuch as a man should weary himself with wisdom, with understanding and opportunity, and yet be fain to leave his labours unto another, that never sweat for them. This is also a vain thing and a great misery.

but seek after peace and prosperity of the city wherein ye be prisoners, and pray unto God for it. For in the peace thereof, shall your peace be.

Good understanding giveth favour; but hard is the way of the despisers.

and made their lives bitter unto them with cruel labour in clay and brick, and all manner work in the fields, and in all manner of service, which they caused them to work cruelly.

For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools.

But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.

forasmuch as ye know how that the trying of your faith bringeth patience:

And I said, "I labour in vain and spend my strength for nought, and unprofitably. Howbeit, my cause I commit to the LORD and my travail unto my God."

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor. Other men laboured; And ye are entered into their labors."

And Simon answered, and said to him, "Master, we have laboured all night, and have taken nothing. Neverthelater, at thy word I will loose forth the net."

Thou crownest the year with thy good, and thy footsteps drop fatness.

And in all the works that he began in the service of the house of God, to seek his God after the law and commandment, that did he with all his heart, and prospered.

When the LORD now shall bring thee to rest; from the travail, fear, and hard bondage that thou wast laden withal.

and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound, lacking nothing.

but and if it be of God, ye cannot destroy it, lest haply ye be found to strive against God."

which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Obey them that have the oversight of you, and submit yourselves to them, for they watch for your souls, even as they that must give accounts for them: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. For that is an unprofitable thing for you.

And the LORD said, "See, the people is one and have one tongue among them all: And this have they begun to do, and will not leave off from all that they have purposed to do.

The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most specially they which labour in the word and in teaching.

Behold, therefore, I will make thy face prevail against their faces, and harden thy forehead against their foreheads;

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in the field and hast forgotten a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again and fetch it: But it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and the widow, that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand.

In the way of righteousness there is life; as for any other way, it is the path unto death.