'Labor' in the Bible

And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don’t labor or spin thread.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.

Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.

Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

Now the one planting and the one watering are one in purpose, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to stop doing manual labor [in order to support our ministry]?

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

to submit yourselves to people like these and to anyone else who shares their labor and hard work.

They have refreshed my spirit as well as yours. So fully acknowledge such men and deeply appreciate them.

labor and hardship,many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—

For it is written:Rejoice, childless woman,who does not give birth.Burst into song and shout,you who are not in labor,for the children of the desolate are many,more numerous than thoseof the woman who has a husband.

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

Now if I continue living, fruitful labor is the result, so I do not know which I would prefer.

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

However, I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, [who has been] my brother and companion and fellow soldier, who was also sent as your messenger to take care of my needs.

I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.

For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,

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.

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

In fact, we labor and strive for this, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

The farmers who labor must be the first to get a share of the crops.

Our people must learn to do good deeds to meet necessary demands [whatever the occasion may require], so that they will not be unproductive.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.

because in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!" And every shipmaster and {every seafarer} and sailors and all those who labor on the sea stood {far off}