Bible verses about Work Life Balance
Verses about work, rest and the limits that keep life in a healthy order.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Exodus 20:9but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
Exodus 20:10So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Psalms 90:12In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Psalms 127:2Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Proverbs 16:3Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Proverbs 23:4When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 23:5Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Matthew 6:33And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
Mark 6:31“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
Luke 10:41But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:42Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Ephesians 5:15redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:16Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
Colossians 4:5For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
2 Thessalonians 3:10Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
2 Thessalonians 3:11We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
2 Thessalonians 3:12If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
1 Timothy 5:8Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
James 4:13You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:14Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:15