'Labor' in the Bible
I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
For it is written,“Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;For more numerous are the children of the desolateThan of the one 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.
But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.
For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.
constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,
For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.
But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,
nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;
For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.