40 Powerful Bible Verses about Hard Work

Bible Verses About Hard Work

Colossians 3:23-24 (KJV)

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Philippians 2:14-15 (KJV)

Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Psalm 128:2 (KJV)

“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”

Psalm 90:17 (KJV)

“And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.”

Romans 12:11 (KJV)

“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”

2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)

“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

Proverbs 21:25 (KJV)

“The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.”

1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 (KJV)

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Philippians 4:13 (KJV)

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Proverbs 12:11 (KJV)

“He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.”

Genesis 2:15 (KJV)

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

Genesis 2:2-3 (KJV)

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Matthew 5:16 (KJV)

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

Psalm 127:2 (KJV)

“It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.”

John 6:27 (KJV)

“Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.”

Ephesians 2:8-10 (KJV)

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

2 Chronicles 31:21 (KJV)

“And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.”

2 Timothy 2:6 (KJV)

“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12 (KJV)

“The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”

Proverbs 18:9 (KJV)

“He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.”

Proverbs 22:16 (KJV)

“He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.”

Proverbs 14:23 (KJV)

“In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.”

Ephesians 4:28 (KJV)

“Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.”

Proverbs 6:10-11 (KJV)

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 13:4 (KJV)

“The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.”

Proverbs 12:24 (KJV)

“The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (KJV)

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

Luke 1:37 (KJV)

“For with God nothing shall be impossible.”

Colossians 3:17 (KJV)

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV)

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”

Galatians 6:9 (KJV)

“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

Colossians 3:24 (KJV)

“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”

Titus 2:7-8 (KJV)

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.