Bible Verses About Work
What the Bible says about work and labor. 9 passages, word for word.
Colossians 3:23–24
23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, 24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
KJV23And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, 13and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
KJV12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
KJVCommit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Psalms 90:17
May 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!
KJVAnd let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
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11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. 12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
KJV11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
KJVIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, 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.
KJVTherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Genesis 2:15
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
KJVAnd the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Ephesians 6:7–8
7Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men, 8because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
KJV7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.