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Want to know what the Bible says about Hard Work? Here are 136 Bible verses about Hard Work from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 10:4 NIV
Lazy hands make for poverty,
    but diligent hands bring wealth.
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Psalm 138:8 NIV
The Lord will vindicate me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever
    do not abandon the works of your hands.
117
Romans 12:11 NIV
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
115
Jeremiah 31:16-17 NIV
16 This is what the Lord says:
“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,
declares the Lord.
    “They will return from the land of the enemy.
17 So there is hope for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
    “Your children will return to their own land.
113
1 Corinthians 4:12 NIV
We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
109
John 3:34 NIV
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
109
1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
102
Jeremiah 29:5 NIV
“Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
99
Proverbs 16:26 NIV
The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.
98
Proverbs 21:5 NIV
The plans of the diligent lead to profit
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.
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