125 Bible Verses about Work
Want to know what the Bible says about Work? Here are 125 Bible verses about 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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1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 NIV
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
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Luke 10:7 NIV
Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
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Psalm 128:2 NIV
You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
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Job 1:10 NIV
“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
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John 17:4 NIV
I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
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Matthew 5:16 NIV
In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
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2 Timothy 2:15 NIV
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
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Genesis 1:31 NIV
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning —the sixth day.
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2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 NIV
10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.
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Deuteronomy 8:18 NIV
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
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Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV
Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
because they have a good return for their labor:
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Ephesians 6:5-8 NIV
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
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Genesis 2:3 NIV
Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 NIV
A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
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Hebrews 6:10-12 NIV
10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 NIV
18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot. 19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. 20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 NIV
12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
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Luke 16:11 NIV
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
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Deuteronomy 24:14 NIV
Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
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