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

So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you: For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of 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 is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

Luke 9:42

And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.

Satan's » Work » Slandering saints

Job 1:9-10

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man? Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

Job 1:11

But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One; And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Matthew 13:19

When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

And he let me see Joshua, the high priest, in his place before the angel of the Lord, and the Satan at his right hand ready to take up a cause against him.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Job 2:7

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Topics on Work

Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

Hard Work

John 4:38

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.

Meditation On God's Work

Psalm 77:12

I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

Rejoicing In God's Works

Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

The Work Of Fools

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

You are to say, Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our early days up to now, like our fathers; in this way you will be able to have the land of Goshen for yourselves; because keepers of sheep are unclean in the eyes of the Egyptians.

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

Works Of Faith

James 2:14

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

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