'Works' in the Bible

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Where your fathers tried me by proving me, And saw my works forty years.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;