Bible Verses about Hard Work

Hard work is a key part of living a fulfilling and successful life. The Bible teaches us the value of diligence and perseverance, showing that putting in effort and staying committed are important virtues. In this blog post, we’ll look at Bible verses about hard work that remind us of the rewards of being dedicated and the impact it can have on our lives and the lives of others. These scriptures inspire us to work with purpose and to trust that our efforts are meaningful.

Bible Verses about Hard Work

Genesis 2:15 – The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Exodus 34:21 – “Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.”

Proverbs 6:6 – Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Proverbs 10:4 – A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 12:11 – Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Proverbs 12:24 – The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Proverbs 13:4 – The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Proverbs 14:23 – In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.

Proverbs 18:9 – Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15 – Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 21:5 – The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 22:29 – Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 – Also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.

Ecclesiastes 5:12 – Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 – Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, because there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Isaiah 65:21 – They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Matthew 25:21 – His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

Matthew 25:23 – His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’

John 5:17 – But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Acts 20:35 – In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Romans 12:11 – Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 9:6 – The point is this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Galatians 6:9 – And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Ephesians 4:28 – Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

Colossians 3:23 – Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

1 Thessalonians 4:11 – And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

1 Thessalonians 5:14 – And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 – For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 – Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

Hebrews 6:10 – For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

James 1:4 – And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 2:14 – What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:18 – But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Revelation 14:13 – And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Exodus 23:12 – “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

Deuteronomy 5:13 – Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Proverbs 3:27 – Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

Proverbs 6:9 – How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

Proverbs 10:5 – He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

Proverbs 19:24 – The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Proverbs 20:4 – The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 24:30-34 – I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 – There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 4:5 – The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 5:18 – Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.

Matthew 9:37 – Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

Luke 10:2 – And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

John 6:27 – Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”

1 Corinthians 3:9 – For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

1 Corinthians 9:7 – Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?

1 Corinthians 9:10 – Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing the crop.

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