Bible verses about "labor" | BBE

¹⁹ With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

¹⁵ And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

⁹ On six days do all your work:

¹ A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

⁷ And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

²³ Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men; ²⁴ Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.

¹⁰ For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

⁷ For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order, ⁸ And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: ⁹ Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food. ¹¹ For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others. ¹² Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living. ¹³ And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

³ Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

¹⁸ For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

²⁸ Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

¹¹ And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

³⁵ In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

⁴ See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

⁵⁸ For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.