Bible verses about "labor" | EJ2000

¹⁹ in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

¹⁵ And the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

⁹ Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work;

¹ A Song of degrees for Solomon. ¶ Unless the LORD builds the house, they labour in vain that build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchmen watch in vain.

⁷ And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

²³ And whatever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men, ²⁴ knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

⁷ For you know in what manner you ought to imitate us, for we did not walk disorderly among you, ⁸ neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, ⁹ Not because we did not have authority, but to give you an example that you might imitate us. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, this we declared unto you, that if anyone desires not to work neither should he eat. ¹¹ For we hear that there are some who walk among you out of order, not working at all, but are busybodies. ¹² Now those that are such, we charge and exhort in our Lord Jesus Christ, that working with quietness, they eat their bread. ¹³ But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

³ remembering without ceasing the work of your faith and labour and charity and of waiting with the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

¹⁸ For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.

¹¹ and that ye procure to be quiet and to do your business and to work with your hands, as we commanded you,

²⁸ Let him that stole steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

³⁵ I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

⁴ Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your fields (which you have kept back by fraud) cries out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of the hosts.

⁵⁸ ¶ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.