20 Bible Verses about Work Ethic

Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I will that you affirm confidently, that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and long-suffering, inherit the promises.

God is a spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt;

They profess to know God; but by their works they deny Him; being abominable, and disobedient, and for every good work worthless.

A factious man, after a first and a second admonition, avoid;

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

but in His own seasons manifested His word in a proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

but, if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest perhaps ye be found even fighting against God."

to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience have become defiled.

But shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strife, and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

casting down reasonings, and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

And, having said this, He breathed upon them, and said to them, "Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

But of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them; but the people were magnifying them;

And they, hearing it, were being convulsed with rage, and were taking counsel to slay them.

One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always false, evil beasts, idle gluttons."

Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior;

And now I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for, if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown;

And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.