49 Bible Verses about Work

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Deceit » The wicked » Work

Deceit » Work

Satan's » Work » Instigating men to sin

John 13:2

During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

2 Corinthians 12:7

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Satan's » Work » Preying upon men

Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ

Satan's » Work » Ruining the soul and body

Luke 13:16

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Luke 9:42

While he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father.

Satan's » Work » Slandering saints

Job 1:9-10

Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? "Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Job 1:11

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Job 2:7

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Topics on Work

Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.

Destruction Of Satan's Works

Zephaniah 1:4

“So I will stretch out My hand against Judah
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place,
And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests.

Doing God's Works

John 6:28

Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

“Now therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, ‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.’

Hard Work

John 4:38

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?”

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.

Rejoicing In God's Works

Psalm 92:4

For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done,
I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Reward For Works

Psalm 62:12

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,
For You recompense a man according to his work.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians.”

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God caused it to happen to me.”

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord.

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