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Want to know what the Bible says about Working Hard? Here are 37 Bible verses about Working Hard 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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2 Timothy 2:6 NIV
The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
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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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Psalm 128:2 NIV
You will eat the fruit of your labor;
    blessings and prosperity will be yours.
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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;
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Psalm 90:17 NIV
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.
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Proverbs 26:13 NIV
A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,
    a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
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John 5:17 NIV
In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:14 NIV
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
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Colossians 3:23-24 NIV
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
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Psalm 37:5 NIV
Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him and he will do this:
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Colossians 3:17 NIV
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Colossians 3:24 NIV
since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
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Proverbs 13:11 NIV
Dishonest money dwindles away,
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
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Romans 16:12 NIV
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
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John 4:38 NIV
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
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