Hard Work
10 passages
- Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
Read it in context - Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read it in context - Proverbs 14:23
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Read it in context - 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12
10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” 11For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies. 12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
Read it in context - Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Read it in context - Philippians 2:14–15
14Do everything without complaining or arguing, 15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Read it in context - 1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
Read it in context - 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12
11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. 12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
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