'Work' in the Bible

Your strong one will be like tinder, and your work a spark; both of them will burn together, with no one to quench the flames that burn them."

Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.

who say: "Let God be quick, let him speed up his work so we may see it! Let it happen! let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near, so we may recognize it!'"

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

Egypt's workers in cloth will be crushed, and all who work for wages will be sick at heart."

The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has blessed them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance."

For the LORD will stand upon Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself in the Valley of Gibeon; to carry out his work his strange deed, and to perform his task his alien task!

For when he sees in his midst his children, the work of my hands, they will keep my name holy; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel.

and oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder that workers will winnow with shovels and forks.

Yet he is also wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words, but will rise up against the house of those who practice evil and against anyone who assists people who work iniquity.

"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."

"Woe to the one who quarrels with his makers, a mere potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Woe to the one who says to the one forming him, "What are you making?' or "Your work has no human hands?'!

This is what the Lord says, the Creator of the signs: "Question me about my children, or give me orders about the work of my hands.

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will work your land and dress your vines.

"For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year for my redeeming work had come.

But as for you, O LORD, you are our Father; and we are clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hands.

They won't build for others to inhabit; they won't plant for others to eat for like the lifetime of a tree, so will the lifetime of my people be, and my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.