'Work' in the Bible

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.

And some of the heads of families gave into the store for the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand, two hundred pounds of silver.

For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?

At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters;

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;

Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

So that they may see that it is the work of your hand; that you, Lord, have done it.

His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever.

Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be seen; for they have made your law without effect.

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

A door is turned on its pillar, and the hater of work on his bed.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.