20 Bible Verses about Work Ethic
Most Relevant Verses
This is a secure rule, and what I would have you constantly maintain, that they who have believed in God, should take care to be examples of virtue, for that is commendable and useful to mankind.
but imitate the example of those who by faith and patience have obtain'd the inheritance that was promis'd to them.
God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.
the reward is not counted as a favour to him that has done good actions, but as a debt:
they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.
Jesus, to avoid this crowd of people, went to a mountain: and when he was set down, his disciples came to him.
and has in due time manifested by the preaching of his word, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our saviour:
you cannot defeat it; perhaps you may be found warring against heaven." To him they agreed: and
to speak evil of no man. to avoid contention, to be moderate and entirely inoffensive to all men.
to the pure all things are pure: but to corrupt infidels nothing is pure; whose very mind and conscience is polluted.
but avoid frivolous enquiries about genealogies, and vexatious disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
to level all the barriers they contrive for obstructing the divine doctrine, and to make their pride captive to the authority of Christ.
and when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "receive ye the holy spirit.
When they heard that, they were so enraged, they consulted to take away their lives.
one of their own prophets said, "the Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies."
my opinion therefore is, not to meddle with these men, but to let them go on: for if the design be a human project, it will fall of it self. but if it be from God,
Thus were many signs and wonders wrought among the people, by the apostles, who us'd to meet in Solomon's porch with great unanimity:
