'Working' in the Bible

Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

These are the family records of Jacob.At 17 years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are so numerous, and you would stop them from working.”

Now isn’t Boaz our relative? Haven’t you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good to have you working with me in the camp, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don’t think you are reliable.

Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They in turn would pay it out to those working on the Lord’s temple—the carpenters, the builders,

They put it into the hands of those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They gave it to the workmen who were working in the Lord’s temple, to repair and restore the temple;

Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah and of Henadad, with their sons and brothers, the Levites, joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

So we rebuilt the wall until the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had the will to keep working.

Like a sharpened razor,your tongue devises destruction,working treachery.

So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.]

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

But Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”

we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

Or do Barnabas and I alone have no right to refrain from working?

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His vast strength.

in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part.

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.

Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

For you remember our labor and hardship, brothers. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we labored and struggled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

For we hear that there are some among you who walk irresponsibly, not working at all, but interfering with the work of others.

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ that quietly working, they may eat their own food.

equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever. Amen.