36 Bible Verses about hardwork

In all toil, there is profit, but the {talk} of lips [leads] only to poverty.

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

The sleep of the laborer [is] pleasant, whether he eats little or much, but the wealth of the rich man does not allow him to rest.

The plans of the diligent only [lead] to abundance, but all who are hasty, only to want.

And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, {to enjoy the fruit of all his toil}, this also is a gift of God.

Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and {to enjoy} all [the fruit of] the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him--for this [is] his lot.

and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;

But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."

Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.

Whatever you do, accomplish [it] from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to people,

Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of {a man's labor} will return to him.

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

Then I saw all the work of God--man [is] not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims [that he] knows it, he cannot find it.

But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have a reason for boasting in himself alone, and not in someone else.

For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you [will be] happy and [it will be] well with you.

for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.

For although a person may toil with great wisdom and skill, he must leave his reward to someone who has not toiled for it. This also [is] vanity and a great calamity.

So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.

he therefore humbled their heart with trouble. They stumbled and there was no helper.

A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and {find delight} in his toil. For I also realized that this [is] from the hand of God!

This indeed is a gift of God: everyone to whom God gives wealth and possessions, he also empowers him {to enjoy them}, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in [the fruit of] his toil.

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."

She girds her waist in strength, and makes her arms strong.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this [is] your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

I am afraid [for] you, lest perhaps I have labored for you in vain!

[because we] remember your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

I also realized that all [of the] toil and all [of] the skillful work that is done--it [is] envy between one man and {another}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

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,