What are some Bible verses about work / working?

Answer  
  

Colossians 3:23  

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,  
  

Proverbs 16:3  

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.  
  

Ecclesiastes 3:12\-13  

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.  
  

1 Corinthians 10:31  

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.  
  

Proverbs 18:9  

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.  
  

Genesis 2:15  

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.  
  

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.  
  

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.  
  

Colossians 3:22\-24  

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye\-service, as people\-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.  
  

Proverbs 14:23  

In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.  
  

Luke 1:37  

For nothing will be impossible with God.  
  

John 6:27  

Do not labor 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 15:10  

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.  
  

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,  
  

Ecclesiastes 9:10  

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.  
  

Psalm 90:17  

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!  
  

Proverbs 21:5  

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.  
  

Galatians 6:4\-5  

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.  
  

Matthew 11:28  

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  
  

Colossians 3:23\-25  

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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