Unemployment

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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 afraid.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; — read the full passage →

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

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.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; — read the full passage →

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. — read the full passage →

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. — read the full passage →

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. — read the full passage →

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; — read the full passage →

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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

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

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. — read the full passage →

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

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

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — read the full passage →

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. — read the full passage →

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, — read the full passage →

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — read the full passage →

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. — read the full passage →

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: — read the full passage →

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: — read the full passage →

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, — read the full passage →

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. — read the full passage →

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. — read the full passage →

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, — read the full passage →

The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. — read the full passage →

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; — read the full passage →

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. — read the full passage →

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, — read the full passage →

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. — read the full passage →

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. — read the full passage →

O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. — read the full passage →