Bible on Work

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: