Work Ethic
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 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
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
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Read it in context - Proverbs 10:4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
Read it in context - Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
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 - Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
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