20 Bible Verses about Work Ethic

The word is faithful, and I wish you to be established concerning these things, in order that those having believed in God may think to excel in good works. These things are beautiful and useful to the people:

in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.

God is a Spirit, and it behooveth those who worship Him to worship in spirit and in truth.

But to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt;

They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.

Reject a heretical man after the first and second admonition;

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into the mountain; and having sat down, His disciples came to Him.

and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God.

to speak evil of no one, that they should be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind and their conscience are polluted.

but reject foolish questions, and genealogies, and strife, and controversies about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

And saying this, He breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

And no one of the rest dared to attach himself to them; but the people were magnifying them;

And hearing, they were cut through and were minded to kill them.

A certain one of them, their own prophet, said, The Cretans are all liars, evil beasts, slow stomachs.

whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;

And many miracles and wonders were wrought by the hands of the apostles among the people. And they were all of one accord in Solomon's porch.