Work

Work

 

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.

  • Genesis 2:3

 

The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.

  • Deuteronomy 28:12

 

“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

  • 2 Chronicles 15:7

 

In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:21

 

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.”

  • John 4:34

 

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

  • John 6:28-29

 

I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

  • John 17:4-5

 

Even a child is known by his actions, so is his conduct really pure and upright?

  • Proverbs 20:11

 

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

 

So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.

  • Colossians 1:10

 

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, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

 

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. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

  • Hebrews 6:10-11

 

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

  • Psalm 127:1

 

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Proverbs 14:23