49 Bible Verses about Work
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and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you, so that you may live decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing.
Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."
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Deceit » The wicked » Work
The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.
Deceit » Work
The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.
Satan's » Work » Instigating men to sin
And [as] a dinner was taking place, [when] the devil had already put into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot that he should betray him,
But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?
even because of the extraordinary degree of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, in order that it would torment me so that I would not exalt myself.
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience,
because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, {on more than one occasion}--and Satan hindered us.
Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience
But the serpent said to the woman, "You shall not surely die. For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil."
Satan's » Work » Preying upon men
Be sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil,
And the tempter approached [and] said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread."
Satan's » Work » Ruining the soul and body
And this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound {eighteen} long years--is it not necessary that she be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?"
And [while] he was still approaching, the demon threw him down 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
Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.
But, on the other hand, stretch out your hand and touch {all that belongs to him} [and see] {whether} he will {curse} you to your face."
Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares
and the field is the world. And the good seed--these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one. And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed
[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.
Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous
And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing {before} the angel of Yahweh; and Satan was standing on his right to accuse him.
Satan's » Work » The malignant work of
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other {wild animal} which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Satan's » Work » Lying
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease
So Satan went out from {Yahweh's presence}, and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head.
Topics on Work
Angels Doing God's Work
Matthew 28:2-7And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up [and] rolled away the stone and sat down on it.
Demons, Evil Work Of
1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.
Destruction Of Satan's Works
Zephaniah 1:4"And 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 idolatrous priests with the priests,
Divine Work Of The Holy Spirit
Psalm 104:30You send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of [the] ground.
Doing God's Works
John 6:28So they said to him, "What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?"
God Equipping For Good Works
2 Timothy 3:17in order that the person of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
God Works His Will
Ephesians 1:11in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,
God's Work In Us
Philippians 2:13For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.
God, Works Of
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work [is] perfect, for all his ways [are] just; [he is] a faithful God, and {without injustice}; righteous and upright [is] he.
Good Works
Jeremiah 32:36-40"So now {therefore}, thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, [of] which you [are] saying, 'It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague':
Hard Work And Perseverance
James 1:12Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.
Hindering God's Work
Exodus 13:15And when Pharaoh was stubborn to release us, Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from firstborn human to firstborn domestic animal. Therefore I [am] sacrificing to Yahweh every first offspring of a womb, the males, and every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
Incomplete Works
Exodus 5:14And the foremen of the {Israelites}, whom Pharaoh's slave drivers had appointed over them, were beaten [by men who were] saying, "Why have you not completed your portion of brickmaking {as before, both yesterday and today}?"
Justification Is Not By Works
Galatians 2:16but knowing that a person is not justified by the works of the law, if not by faith in Jesus Christ, and we have believed in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law {no human being will be justified}.
Justified By Works
James 2:21Was not Abraham our father justified by works [when he] offered up his son Isaac on the altar?
Looking At God's Works
Exodus 34:10And he said, "Look, I [am about to] make a covenant. In front of all your people I will do wonders that have not been created on all the earth and among all the nations, and all the people among whom you [are] will see Yahweh's work, because what I [am about to] do with you [will be] awesome.
Man's Work Finished
Genesis 29:21And Jacob said to Laban, "Give [me] my wife, that I may go in to her, for {my time} is completed."
Missionary Work
1 Peter 3:15but set Christ apart [as] Lord in your hearts, always ready to [make] a defense to anyone who asks you [for] an accounting concerning the hope [that is] in you.
Missionary Work, Examples Of
2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, {and seven others} [when he] brought a flood on the world of the ungodly,
No Work On Feast Days
Exodus 20:10But the seventh day [is] a Sabbath for Yahweh your God; you will not do any work--you or your son or your daughter, your male slave or your female slave, or your animal, or your alien who [is] in your gates--
Rejoicing In God's Works
Psalm 92:4For you, O Yahweh, have made me glad by your work; by the deeds of your hands I sing for joy.
Reward For Works
Psalm 62:12And to you [belongs] loyal love, O Lord, because you will render to each according to his work.
Salvation Not By Works
Ephesians 2:8-9For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
Satan, Work Of
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other {wild animal} which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
Success And Hard Work
Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.
The Work Of Fools
Ecclesiastes 10:15The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.
The Work Of The Wise
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls [is] wise.
Work As To Christ
Ephesians 6:6not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,
Work From Youth
Genesis 46:34Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."
Work Soon Done
Genesis 27:20Then Isaac said to his son, "{How} did you find [it] so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because Yahweh your God {caused me to find it}."
Work, And Redemption
Ephesians 2:8-9For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
Work, And Rest
Exodus 20:11because [in] six days Yahweh made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that [is] in them, and on the seventh day he rested. Therefore Yahweh blessed the seventh day and consecrated it.
Work, And The Fall
Genesis 3:17-19And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree {from which I forbade you to eat}, the ground [shall be] cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat [from] it all the days of your life.
Work, As Ordained By God
Genesis 1:27-28So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.
Work, Divine And Human
Psalm 127:1Unless Yahweh builds a house, its builders labor at it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards a city, a guard watches in vain.
Works Of Faith
James 2:14What [is] the benefit, my brothers, if someone says [that he] has faith but does not have works? That faith [is] not able to save him, [is it]?
Works Of The Law
Leviticus 18:5And you shall observe my statutes and my regulations {by which the person doing them shall live}; I [am] Yahweh.
Works, Good
Titus 2:7concerning everything showing yourself [to be] an example of good deeds, in your teaching [demonstrating] soundness, dignity,
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