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

During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience

Genesis 3:4-5

But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing 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 ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

Luke 9:42

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Satan's » Work » Slandering saints

Job 1:9-10

Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Job 1:11

But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face."

Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares

Matthew 13:38-39

The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed

Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous

Zechariah 3:1

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Satan's » Work » The malignant work of

Satan's » Work » Lying

Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

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Angels Doing God's Work

Matthew 28:2-7

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Destruction Of Satan's Works

Zephaniah 1:4

"I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,

Good Works

Jeremiah 32:36-40

"Now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence':

Hard Work

John 4:38

I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Hindering God's Work

Exodus 13:15

For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

Incomplete Works

Exodus 5:14

And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?"

Justified By Works

James 2:21

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?

Looking At God's Works

Exodus 34:10

And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

No Work On Feast Days

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.

Rejoicing In God's Works

Psalm 92:4

For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

Reward For Works

Psalm 62:12

and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

Salvation Not By Works

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Work From Youth

Genesis 46:34

you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

Work Soon Done

Genesis 27:20

But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the LORD your God granted me success."

Work, And Redemption

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Work, And The Fall

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

Work, As Ordained By God

Genesis 1:27-28

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Works Of Faith

James 2:14

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

Works Of The Law

Leviticus 18:5

You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

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