'Works' in the Bible

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.

But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.

Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”

If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

So death works in us, but life in you.

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them.”

also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.

but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.

having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

And,“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,And the heavens are the works of Your hands;

“You have made him for a little while lower than the angels;You have crowned him with glory and honor,And have appointed him over the works of Your hands;

Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me,And saw My works for forty years.

For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,“As I swore in My wrath,They shall not enter My rest,”although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.

Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

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

What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;

You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,“Great and marvelous are Your works,O Lord God, the Almighty;Righteous and true are Your ways,King of the nations!