Bible Verses About Work

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Core Bible text against refusing work.

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

Supportive warning about idleness.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

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Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Direct verse used to contrast food that perishes.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Apostolic model of hand labor.

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

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He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Labor used to have something to share.

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Missionary labor without burdening others.

Therefore, 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.

General positive command to abound in work.

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;

Shows work paired with faith and love.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Good works tied to Christian living.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

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She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

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The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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

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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Quiet work and earning a living.

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:

Shows manual labor to avoid burdening people.

Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

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The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

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Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Describes hard service and field labor in Exodus as background for toil language.

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

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