INDUSTRY

Passages on this topic · 68

• Genesis 2:15

  Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

• Exodus 23:12

  “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.

• Exodus 35:2

  ‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.

• Deuteronomy 5:13

  You shall labor six days, and do all your work;

• 1 Kings 11:28

  The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.

• Proverbs 10:4

  He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

• Proverbs 10:5

  He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.

• Proverbs 12:11

  He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

• Proverbs 12:24

  The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

• Proverbs 12:27

  The slothful man doesn’t roast his game, but the possessions of diligent men are prized.

• Proverbs 13:4

  The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

• Proverbs 13:11

  Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

• Proverbs 13:23

  An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

• Proverbs 14:4

  Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

• Proverbs 14:23

  In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

• Proverbs 16:26

  The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

• Proverbs 20:13

  Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

• Proverbs 21:5

  The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

• Proverbs 22:29

  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

• Proverbs 27:23

  Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

• Proverbs 27:24

  for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.

• Proverbs 27:25

  The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

• Proverbs 27:26

  The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.

• Proverbs 27:27

  There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.

• Proverbs 28:19

  One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

• Proverbs 30:25

  the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

• Proverbs 30:26

  The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

• Proverbs 30:27

  The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.

• Proverbs 30:28

  You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

• Proverbs 31:13

  She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

• Proverbs 31:14

  She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

• Proverbs 31:15

  She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

• Proverbs 31:16

  She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

• Proverbs 31:17

  She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.

• Proverbs 31:18

  She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

• Proverbs 31:19

  She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

• Proverbs 31:20

  She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.

• Proverbs 31:21

  She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

• Proverbs 31:22

  She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.

• Proverbs 31:23

  Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

• Proverbs 31:24

  She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

• Proverbs 31:25

  Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

• Proverbs 31:26

  She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

• Proverbs 31:27

  She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.

• Ecclesiastes 1:3

  What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

• Ecclesiastes 2:10

  Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

• Ecclesiastes 2:11

  Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

• Ecclesiastes 2:17

  So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

• Ecclesiastes 2:18

  I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

• Ecclesiastes 2:19

  Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

• Ecclesiastes 2:20

  Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

• Ecclesiastes 2:21

  For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

• Ecclesiastes 2:22

  For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

• Ecclesiastes 9:10

  Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

• Ecclesiastes 11:4

  He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.

• Ecclesiastes 11:6

  In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

• Acts 18:3

  and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

• Acts 20:33

  I coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing.

• Acts 20:34

  You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

• Romans 12:11

  not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

• Ephesians 4:28

  Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:11

  and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

• 1 Thessalonians 4:12

  that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:8

  neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

• 2 Thessalonians 3:10

  For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, don’t let him eat.”

• 2 Thessalonians 3:11

  For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

• 2 Thessalonians 3:12

  Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

• 1 Timothy 5:8

  But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.