Bible verses about Work
Verses about the value of work, diligence and honesty in labor.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:24And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Genesis 2:15There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23For 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 3:12and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
1 Thessalonians 4:11Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 6:6Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
Proverbs 6:7it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:8May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
Psalms 90:17Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Ephesians 4:28Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Proverbs 10:4Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4If 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 5:8Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Proverbs 16:3