Child Labor

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

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

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.

Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

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

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. — read the full passage →

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers.

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

And let the favor 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.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion. — read the full passage →

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.