121 occurrences in 4 translations

'Labour' in the Bible

and calleth his name Noah, saying, 'This one doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'

Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHard Tasks

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

Verse ConceptsMidwifechildbearing

and Joseph calleth the name of the first-born Manasseh: 'for, God hath made me to forget all my labour, and all the house of my father;'

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsForgetting ThingsGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt NamesFamily ProblemsFamily First

and they embittered their life with hard labour in clay and bricks, and in all manner of labour in the field: all their labour with which they made them serve was with harshness.

Verse ConceptsBricksOppression, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of PeopleBitternessSuccess And Hard Work

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

Verse ConceptsWorking Hard And Not Being Lazy

And all the labour of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was ended; and the children of Israel had done it according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses so had they done it.

Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfTentsMan's Work FinishedFinishing Strong

According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so had the children of Israel done all the labour.

From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsAge Ranges Of Levites

from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeAge Ranges Of Levites

from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsAge Ranges Of Levites

from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,

Verse ConceptsAge Ranges Of Levites

from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,

Verse ConceptsAge Ranges Of Levites

This is that which concerneth the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeParticipation, In Christ

And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;

Verse ConceptsCessationResponsibilityServant LeadershipMinistryAgeWorking For The Lordworking

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

Verse ConceptsGod Paid Attention To ThemI Pray

The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labour, eat up doth a people whom thou hast not known; and thou hast been only oppressed and bruised all the days;

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahNot Knowing PeopleThose OppressedAbuseoppression

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpUnderestimation

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Verse ConceptsOlivesPlanting VineyardsOrchardsCities In IsraelGardens

and secondly, for whom do I labour? is it not before his son? as I served before thy father so am I before thee.'

Verse ConceptsServants Of People

Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

Verse ConceptsAmenEmptyingPeople ShakingPeople Abandoning People

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodProsperity Of The Wicked

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Verse ConceptsStrictness

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Verse ConceptsCropsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsUnfruitfulnessNot Reaping What You Sowworms

And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

Verse ConceptsHeirsTaking Possession

Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

Verse ConceptsNo HelpThe Fact Of Toilhardwork

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Verse ConceptsCreditTaking Possessions

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Verse ConceptsDiscontentCuriosityBeing UnsatisfiedEvil EyesThe Faculty Of Hearing

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesReward For WorksSelf LoveBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingGood ActivityCaused By GodFinding LoveSuccess And Hard WorkBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertaintyhardwork

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourMotivationSuccess And Hard WorkCompetitionaccomplishmentsaccomplishmenthardworkstriving

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Verse ConceptsNudityBabiesHow Death Is InevitableNaked In OriginNew Born

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

Verse ConceptsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodEating Drinking And RejoicingGod Gives WealthRichesthe Gifts of GodBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingspossessionsempowermenthardwork

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutUnder The SunWisdomGod's PlanGod's WillSunThe MindGods PlanEverything Happening For A ReasonWorking For GodKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodWorking For The LordChanging YourselfScriptureexploringworkingefforthardworkeverythingseekingmanwisetryingThe Complexity Of Nature

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Verse ConceptsCompassesNot Knowing WhereThe Work Of FoolsstruggleStrugglesWorking Hard And Not Being Lazy

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodEthiopiaChainsMission, Of IsraelTradeMerchandiseAfricaCommerceGod With YouTall PeopleNo Other Is GodPerspective

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodemptinessdissatisfactionPleasurePhysical LabourUnprofitable SinsBeing UnsatisfiedBuying FoodNo FoodPay Attention To God!FinancesMoney Blessingsenergy

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Verse ConceptsFutureBad ParentsUseless LabourGod BlessesRaising ChildrenFamily Problems

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

And I have given all the strength of this city, And all its labour, and all its precious things, Yea, all the treasures of the kings of Judah I do give into the hand of their enemies, And they have spoiled them, and taken them, And have brought them into Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To BabylonTreasure

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Verse ConceptsSorrowRegretting BirthShame Will ComeWhy Does This Happen?

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

Verse ConceptsFutilityCityBroadnessCity GatesFire Of JudgementBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In Vain

And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping PeopleSpiritual HarlotryPeople Being HatedTaking Possessions

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,

Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodNot ToilingPeople Showing Mercy

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAgony, God's JudgmentBabylon, Israel Exiled ToHand Of GodLabour PainsThe CountrysideExile In Prospect

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

Verse ConceptsFutilityPhysical LabourBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In VainCaused By God

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Verse ConceptsBlossomMangersShepherds, As OccupationsBlossomingDeath Of CreaturesNo More Tending The FlockOlive Treesphotography

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalOilShortage Of WineProvision Of OilBoth Men And Animals AffectedDoing One's Work

'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

Verse ConceptsNaturePlantsSolomon, Character OfSpinning And WeavingFine ClothesPlants Growing UpNot ToilingGrowingRosesBeauty And Self Worth

"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

Verse ConceptsDestitutesBeggarsLordship, Human And DivinePoverty, Causes OfBeggingWorldly DilemmasExcavationSoliloquyShame Of Bad ConductWithout StrengthDeposingMoney Management

A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the babe, she no longer remembers the pain, because of her joy at a child being born into the world.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyChild BearingChildbirthAnguish, CauseTravailLabour PainsBirthRejoicing In ProsperityHaving A Babybabyhurtingwomanhoodchildbearing

Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

Verse ConceptsWomenThose Who Toiled

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceWomenThose Who ToiledWorkers

Do ye not know that they who labour at sacred things eat of the offerings offered in the temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?

Verse ConceptsAltarsOfferingsPermitted To Eat OfferingsServingLiveMinistryServing The ChurchWaiting Till Marriageworkingzealotspriests

We do not exceed our due limits, and take credit for other men's labours; but we entertain the hope that, as your faith grows, we shall gain promotion among you--still keeping within our own sphere--promotion to a larger field of labour,

Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InHope, In GodGrowth In GracePaul's BoastingKeeping FaithHope And FaithFaith Hope And LoveGrowingHope KjvBelieving In YourselfBoastinglimitationsothersmeasurement

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ἐργάζομαι 
Ergazomai 
Usage: 28

κοπιάω 
Kopiao 
Usage: 17

אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

יגיע 
Y@giya` 
Usage: 16

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 1

יגע 
Yagea` 
Usage: 3

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

סבל 
Cabal 
Usage: 9

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

עבודה עבדה 
`abodah 
Usage: 146

עמל 
`amal 
Usage: 11

עמל 
`amel 
Usage: 9

עצב 
`etseb 
Usage: 7

פּעלּה 
P@`ullah 
Usage: 14

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ἀγωνίζομαι 
Agonizomai 
Usage: 5

ἐργάτης 
Ergates 
Usage: 6

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

κόπος 
Kopos 
Usage: 13

σπουδάζω 
Spoudazo 
Usage: 11

συναθλέω 
sunathleo 
Usage: 2

συνεργός 
sunergos 
Usage: 13

φιλοτιμέομαι 
Philotimeomai 
Usage: 3

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