40 Bible Verses about Work Ethic

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

Do not become so very righteous, neither count thyself wise beyond measure, - wherefore shouldst thou destroy thyself?

If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.

Faithful, the saying! And, concerning these things, I am minded that thou be strongly affirming, in order that they who have believed God may be careful to be forward, in noble works. These things, are honourable, and profitable unto men;

In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.

God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

Now, unto him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned by way of favour but by way of obligation,

Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;

When, he, giveth quiet, who then shall condemn? And, when he hideth his face, who then shall sing of him? whether unto a nation or unto mankind altogether,

So Moses gave commandment and they passed a proclamation throughout the camp, saying, Let, neither man nor woman, make any more material for the holy heave-offering. So the people were restrained from bringing in.

Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;

God, they confess that they know, but, by their works, they deny him, being, abominable, and obdurate, and, as to any good work, found, worthless.

From a party-man, after a first and second admonition, excuse thyself;

But, seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, - and, when he had taken a seat, his disciples came unto him;

but hath manifested in its fitting seasons, even his word, in the proclamation with which entrusted am I - by injunction of our Saviour God:

But, I, for Yahweh, will watch, I will wait for the God of my salvation, - My God, will hear me.

In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.

But, if it is, of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them: lest once, even fighters against God, ye be found.

To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men.

Couldst thou give - to the Horse - strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?

All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth-born, unto dust, would return.

All things, are pure, unto the pure, but, unto the polluted and faithless, nothing, is pure, but polluted are both their mind and conscience;

Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just - the mighty one, wilt thou condemn?

But, foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strife, and contentions about matters of law, avoid, for they are unprofitable and vain.

When we pull down, calculations, and every height that uplifteth itself against the knowledge of God, and when we bring into captivity every thought unto the obedience of the Christ,

And, this, saying, he breathed strongly, and saith unto them - Receive ye Holy Spirit: -

On the day for building thy walls, - on that day, far away shall be thy boundary:

Look at the heavens and see, - and survey the skies - they are higher than thou.

Howbeit, of the rest, no one, durst join himself unto them, - nevertheless the people continued to magnify them;

For, unto GOD, hath one ever said - I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;

For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man's course, he causeth him to find.

And, they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were making up their minds to slay them.

Said one from among them, a prophet, of their own! - Cretans! always false, mischievous wild-beasts, idle gluttons:

Wherefore, ye men of mind, hearken unto me, - Far be it, that, GOD, should be lawless, or, the Almighty, be perverse!

Which he poured on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

Nay, verily, GOD, will not condemn unjustly, - nor, the Almighty, pervert justice.

Now, therefore, I say unto you - stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; because if, of men, be this project or this work, it will be overthrown, -

And, through the hands of the Apostles, were coming to pass many signs and wonders among the people; and they were all with one accord in the portico of Solomon;

Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;

By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile: