New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about working hard

Diligence and honest labor are portrayed throughout the Bible as noble pursuits that bring dignity, provision, and personal growth. God Himself is depicted as a worker who created the world and established labor as a natural, healthy part of human life. The Bible emphasizes in these verses about working hard that honest effort leads to stability, while laziness brings struggle and lack. However, the scriptures do not encourage working solely for personal greed or earthly status. Instead, hard work is meant to honor God, support one's family, and provide enough resources to help those in need. Work is ultimately viewed as an act of service. The Bible urges individuals to complete every task with excellence and enthusiasm, as if working directly for God rather than for human masters, promising that faithful effort will bring rest, fulfillment, and lasting reward.

The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden. He put him there to work its ground and to take care of it.
Genesis 2:15

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. And you will return to it. You are dust. So you will return to it."
Genesis 3:19

Do all of your work in six days.
Exodus 20:9

You people who don't want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!
Proverbs 6:6

It has no commander. It has no leader or ruler.
Proverbs 6:7

But it stores up its food in summer. It gathers its food at harvest time.
Proverbs 6:8

Hands that don't want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.
Proverbs 10:4

Anyone who farms his land will have plenty of food. But a person who chases dreams has no sense.
Proverbs 12:11

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who don't want to work will become slaves.
Proverbs 12:24

People who refuse to work want things and get nothing. But the longings of people who work hard are completely satisfied.
Proverbs 13:4

All hard work pays off. But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.
Proverbs 14:23

Commit to the Lord everything you do. Then your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:3

Anyone who doesn't want to work is like someone who destroys.
Proverbs 18:9

Anyone who refuses to work doesn't plow in the right season. When he looks for a crop at harvest time, he doesn't find it.
Proverbs 20:4

The plans of people who work hard succeed. You can be sure that those in a hurry will become poor.
Proverbs 21:5

Do you see a man who does good work? He will serve kings. He won't serve ordinary people.
Proverbs 22:29

I went past the field of someone who didn't want to work. I went past the vineyard of a man who didn't have any sense.
Proverbs 24:30

Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.
Proverbs 24:31

I applied my heart to what I observed. I learned a lesson from what I saw.
Proverbs 24:32

You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.
Proverbs 24:33

Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.
Proverbs 24:34

Be sure you know how your flocks are doing. Pay careful attention to your herds.
Proverbs 27:23

Anyone who farms his land will have plenty of food. But anyone who chases dreams will be very poor.
Proverbs 28:19

She gets ready to work hard. Her arms are strong.
Proverbs 31:17

She watches over family matters. She is busy all the time.
Proverbs 31:27

A man can't do anything better than eat and drink and be satisfied with his work. I'm finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24

They should be happy and do good while they live. I know there's nothing better for them to do than that.
Ecclesiastes 3:12

Everyone should eat and drink. People should be satisfied with all of their hard work. That is God's gift to them.
Ecclesiastes 3:13

The sleep of a worker is sweet. It doesn't matter whether he eats a little or a lot. But the wealth of a rich man keeps him awake at night.
Ecclesiastes 5:12

I realized that it's good and proper for a man to eat and drink. It's good for him to be satisfied with his hard work on this earth. That's what he should do during the few days of life God has given him. That's what God made him for.
Ecclesiastes 5:18

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to your grave. And there isn't any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.
Ecclesiastes 9:10

In everything I did, I showed you that we must work hard and help the weak. We must remember the words of the Lord Jesus. He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Acts 20:35

So eat and drink and do everything else for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31

But because of God's grace I am what I am. And his grace was not wasted on me. No, I have worked harder than all the other apostles. But I didn't do the work. God's grace was with me.
1 Corinthians 15:10

My dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Don't let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.
1 Corinthians 15:58

Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don't give up.
Galatians 6:9

Those who have been stealing must never steal again. Instead, they must work. They must do something useful with their own hands. Then they will have something to give to people in need.
Ephesians 4:28

Serve your masters with all your heart. Work as if you were not serving people but the Lord.
Ephesians 6:7

You know that the Lord will give you a reward. He will give to each of you in keeping with the good you do. It doesn't matter whether you are slaves or free.
Ephesians 6:8

Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.
Colossians 3:23

Work because you know that you will finally receive as a reward what the Lord wants you to have. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:24

Do everything you can to live a quiet life. Mind your own business. Work with your hands, just as we told you to.
1 Thessalonians 4:11

Then unbelievers will have respect for your everyday life. And you won't have to depend on anyone.
1 Thessalonians 4:12

Even when we were with you, we gave you a rule. We said, "Anyone who will not work will not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10

We hear that some people among you don't want to work. They aren't really busy. Instead, they are bothering others.
2 Thessalonians 3:11

We belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. So we strongly command people like that to settle down. They have to earn the food they eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:12

Everyone should provide for his own relatives. Most of all, everyone should take care of his own family. If he doesn't, he has left the faith. He is worse than someone who doesn't believe.
1 Timothy 5:8

The farmer who works hard should be the first to receive a share of the crops.
2 Timothy 2:6

God is fair. He will not forget what you have done. He will remember the love you have shown him. You showed it when you helped his people. And you show it when you keep on helping them.
Hebrews 6:10

We want each of you to be faithful to the very end. We want you to be sure of what you hope for.
Hebrews 6:11

New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996

Verses about working hard

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