Working Hard
10 passages
- Proverbs 13:4
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read it in context - 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 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 - 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 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Read it in context - Genesis 2:15
Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
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 - Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.
Read it in context - Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
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